Challenges
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Shame to Peace
“And yes—there was shame. Not because I had done something wrong, but because society teaches women to internalize endings as personal failures.” Continue reading
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Dancing in the Dark
“Music has a way of holding our memories gently, like a time capsule we can open when we’re ready. Today, it reminded me that even the hardest chapters can become the ones you look back on with pride—not because they… Continue reading
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Borrowed Affirmations
“So there I was, a grown woman needing the same affirmations I hand my five-year-old like little daily doses of courage. I used them as a lifeline. I borrowed from him just to push through, quietly telling myself, I am… Continue reading
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How my 1-year-old Taught me Resilience
2022 wasn’t the easiest chapter of my story, but it was the chapter of grace, growth, and resilience. I never asked for the fear, the anxiety, the anger, or the isolation. But when my life as I knew it flipped… Continue reading
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The Mom in the Middle
Somewhere between the granola bars and the chicken nuggets, the nature hikes and the movie nights, the parenting books and the “I’m just winging it,” there’s me. Maybe that’s you too. We live in this strange space where we feel… Continue reading
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you’re more than what you have survived
Single mom. That was the only way I saw myself. The label I wore, quietly but constantly. Not out of shame—but because that role was so consuming, so defining, so all-in. It was survival, grit, sacrifice, and love tangled into… Continue reading
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magic, mayhem, & meaning
There’s a mom I know—I’m sure you know one like her too. Her house is tidy, her fridge is organized, and her kids always seem to have perfectly coordinated outfits. She’s calm, structured, and somehow remembers to pack snacks that… Continue reading
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Today, I’m just not winning
Today, I hit that familiar wall — the one where no matter how hard I tried, it just doesn’t seem like enough. I tried to respond with the right words, keep the peace, hold it all together, and meet every… Continue reading
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cold coffee, a lot of rain, and then some more rain
Let me set a common scene for you: It’s 7:46 a.m. I’m wearing one sock, a Carhartt hoodie that I did a sniff test on to make sure it was clean *enough*, and I’m trying to convince a tiny human… Continue reading
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surgery, sacrifice, & balance
There are many days in my world where I feel like I’m living two lives — one where I’m in the OR, gowned and gloved, suction in one hand and a hemostat in the other. And another, where I’m wiping… Continue reading
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