Five Minute Friday: Bare

Five Minute Friday: Bare

Take a deep breath. You made it. It’s Friday. Got five minutes? Let’s write. Let’s write in shades of real and brave and unscripted. Let’s just write and not worry if it’s just right or not. 1. Write for 5 minutes flat for pure unedited...
What mama’s doing about it…

What mama’s doing about it…

So that was a thing, eh? Lots of us with big feelings about how to respond to the media, sports, entertainment and our kids. Thank you for taking me and my hot head and processing together. I’m still processing. Probably will be for a while. Yesterday afternoon...
When mama ain’t happy…

When mama ain’t happy…

It’s that dangerous time of night when really you should just take out your contact lenses, wipe off what’s left of the day’s mascara and go to bed before you think about tinkering with a blog post that still feels way too hot for words. But...
Got your back

Got your back

When Jackson was three and Micah just a few months old I remember feeling like I’d forgotten what sleep was like. I existed in a semi-zombie state and the world seemed to blur by and I was not an active participant in it. We were in Michigan, it was January and...