For Moms

Well! You are 9 months and one week old, and you are also 40 WEEKS old…you’re as old as I was pregnant! (Well, technically, I was 41 weeks with you, but you know. Close enough.) It’s crazy to think that...

There’s no pretty way of saying it: the news is straight up horrific these days. It shouts of heartbreak and brokenness and terror and bullies of every age. I couldn’t count on my set of hands how many times...

Parenthood is a journey that so many of us are on, so why does it often feel isolating and difficult to maintain our relationships? I attribute this strain to, what I have dubbed, the “fragment conversation”. Let’s break this apart. Play...

Some of my best memories as a kid were day trips in the mini-van with my parents and four brothers. This was even before portable games and DVD players were really common (Read Sara's Screen-Free Road Trip ideas!). You...

I’m going to be honest with you. I spend the majority of my days in a haze of just barely getting by. It’s mid-winter, so at least one of my girls is sick with a cold. Or a flu....

I remember my first concert. It was the Summer Magic Tour for New Kids on the Block. My uncle won tickets off the radio and gave them to my mom to take me. We got dropped off at the...

I was driving to the grocery store with my husband’s daughter one morning. He wasn’t actually my husband then, and she was a squeaky-voiced elementary school girl who was with us for her weekend visitation. It was summer in...

One of the fondest memories I have of my childhood is baking cookies with my mom. She was, and still is, the epitome of perfection in the kitchen. She would set my little sister Nancy on the counter as...

Hours of mindless Netflix binges and newborn snuggles filled most of my maternity leave days with baby number one. Of course there were the sleepless nights, the rude awakening that is the adjustment to parenthood, and all of those...

It’s officially a new year and like everyone, I’m thinking about goals and new beginnings. I’ve recently stopped drinking alcohol (post an over-indulgence on Halloween), and am giving my precious body a break. I’m committing to six months alcohol-free! I’m...