Hi, friends!!! In all my years of blogging, I’ve never actually done a post quite like this, recapping our travel, but it seemed like the perfect way to summarize our big, bad, beautiful RV camping trip to Yosemite last week! What was RV life REALLY like?! What are my Yosemite must-dos?! What did I wished I’d packed?! What am I so happy I did pack?! Any other thoughts or tips?! It’s all right here, folks, in one ... View Post
Last One
The dull ache of fear in my chest clashed starkly with the sparkling ocean sprawled far below and for miles from where our family of four strolled the cliffs of Corona del Mar. I’d walked these cliffs many times. I’d walk them many to come. But this day, I hardly felt present. I felt antsy and angsty and off. My foggy mind’s eye still blinked like crazy, unfocused, from my shock only hours before. A mere ... View Post
Everything I Didn’t Know About Kindergarten
We did it, my love. We did it! I squealed into Emerson’s last-day ponytail as she scrambled into my carpool-lined SUV for the final time this precious school year. She sat taller, shone brighter and breathed easier than she had only nine months prior—by a whole landslide, mind you. I know I still have a baby, but this span of 9 months barreling into the elementary years was nothing if not a rebirth. ... View Post
My 25 Post-Baby Weight Loss Tips :: Part 2
It’s officially been a month since I bid good-bye to all my post-baby weight, and I’m so happy to offer you a fresh round of tips! Before I do, though—how about a little update? Several times in recent weeks, friends have asked me the same question I’ve also asked myself: “You lost all the weight. What now?!” While I know for certain that some people stick with Weight Watchers for a whole lifetime—no, ... View Post
My 25 Post-Baby Weight Loss Tips :: Part 1
I didn’t know if my body could do it, and I was completely OK with it. In a genuine exhale of peace and release, just last week, I accepted that my 33-year-old frame most likely didn’t want to lose the entire 62 pounds I gained in my third pregnancy. I hit my longest plateau, seemingly unable to shake the last few. My body had settled back into my usual size, though, and my favorite pants—and most importantly I felt ... View Post
Homebody
And then one day, all alone in your closet, your favorite jeans button up again. The zipper doesn’t catch, but your throat does. You were just trying them on, to see “how far you still had to go.” But then you remember: the realest you? She’s been right here all along. Growing, while technically reducing in size. Stronger than denim, bigger than tags: infinite as the sunrise. Maybe they ... View Post