Mastitis is the worst, right? My daughter is almost 17 months and we’re still breastfeeding. I enjoy it, she enjoys it, but we are finally in the process of weaning due to some upcoming travel and my tendency to get breast infections. We had a...
This spring, we had the privilege of grossly overstaying our welcome with one of my nearest and dearest in Austin, Texas. We descended on her family for eight days, and had a blast doing life together with three toddlers between us. We decided that those...
As J.D. Salinger aptly wrote, "All mothers are slightly insane." Are we, really?! I have to admit that there is some real truth to that statement, probably because this other statement is true: Eight years ago, I decided to let my heart go walking around outside my...
My home "studio" Incrementalism: A totally made up word that means introducing new habits in tiny increments to increase the likelihood of effecting permanent change. Sounds like a pretty good idea, right? I made “incrementalism” up a few weeks ago as I was trying to explain my...