Bode seemed super sad yesterday afternoon. When I asked him what was going on, he explained to me that his friend didn’t want to sit with him on the bus ride home from school. I’m not typically the type of parent that wants to go track down the kid and bribe him into making things right, or threaten to humiliate him in the cafeteria the next day. I know most of us wouldn’t actually do…

I had an experience at the end of our annual “Always Remember” workout at CFNE this morning. It’s a very special workout for our community as they’re a lot of symbolism in the rep scheme that reminds us of things like actual date of 9/11, the number of planes that went down that day, and the number of people who lost their lives. We do it every year, but only once a year. And, because…

A little HB update. You know, since it’s been the most inconsistent period of time for me contributing to this blog. I get that I’m totally adoring all of this newfound balance in my life, but I’m sure I’m not the only one that thinks my balance game is starting to seem a little more like laziness. This was arguably the very best summer of my whole life. The kids are a little bit older…

I have spent most of my life living by a score card. Measuring my output, progress, and even intake is what gave me comfort in being precise and consistent. It was never driven by a passion for mathematics so much as a stern commitment to be disciplined. And, while this mindset has served me very well in some ways, I have noticed something. I am intentionally diverging from that highly structured course, trusting that everything…

When Maya and Jonah were little, I was young and very insecure.  I was 22 when I got  pregnant with Maya and felt like I couldn’t be seen without my wedding ring in fear of people assuming I was a knocked up teenager. I was on a mission to prove that I could have a newborn and still make her entire summer wardrobe from scratch on my sewing machine. And, I refused to let my mother-in-law…