APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  My youngest son has an amazing laugh. Everyone who hears it smiles big and tells us the same thing, "He's incredible!" and I nod my head in agreement because he is. The only problem is that his laugh...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I wish I could tell you that my phantom mom, who I've named Carol, doesn't ever creep into my heart and make me feel inadequate. As my kids have gotten older, my fear of failure as a mom has little to do...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  As moms, it's easy to look at our lack and get depressed about all the things we don't naturally bring to the table for our kids. I look at the fun mom and I see my lack. More than that, I look at the fun...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  It has taken me more than 40 years and four babies to finally get to this place of removing the veil of "fine", it's not been fun. In particular, the last few years have not been easy, but they have been...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Beer and cigarettes. Yep, you read that right. No, let me do that again. Yep, you heard that right. Beer and cigarettes. The phone call went something like this: Honey, I need you to come home now the...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  As soon as I saw the two pink lines revealed on the little white strip my heart changed. As my belly expanded and I felt them move, my affection grew. The excitement built as my husband Brian and I decided...