This letter is for the not-so-perfect moms on this Mother’s Day. You know who you are. The ones who let their child keep a paci for way too long, because for the love of silence. To the mom who can’t keep plants or flowers alive. And the mom who maybe forgets important things sometimes, this […]
Dear mom with Pandemic Anxiety,
In the past week: I think its been a week…forgive me, time itself has started to blur I’ve eaten two packages of double dark chocolate Milano cookies. To be clear, these are cookies created by gluing one cookie to another cookie with a generous layer of dark chocolate in the middle. They were so good. […]
DON’T say Cheese, Postpartum is Ugly.
I love newborn photos, I really do. But in the midst of all the beauty of a new life, it’s easy to miss the ugliness of postpartum. I mean, there’s a reason that photographer zoomed in so close on the baby and it’s not just because the baby is cute. Although, most babies are pretty […]
How I (don’t) do it all. Un-telling lies of Motherhood.
I share a lot on Instagram, especially on stories, yet somehow, some people are still misguided enough to ask me, “how do I do it all?” Or they’ll phrase it as, “I don’t know how you do it all.” Well, this post is my attempt to shed some light on that question or statement. […]
Mamas, You Don’t Have to Have it All Together. (Featuring My Car Trash)
Before I had Ray, I had an idea of what a mom looked like. She had a diaper bag that never ran low on diapers, included monogrammed burp cloths and at least a few travel-sized bottles of waterless Purell. Well, I’m almost 3 years into this mom gig and let me tell you, this idea […]
Hey New Mama, You need to Advocate for Yourself
Because nothing is the same, and because so much focus is going to be on this new tiny human (rightfully so) you’re going to need to do something you maybe haven’t done before. That thing, is advocate for yourself.