Inside: A story about glory days, stepping out of your comfort zone, and showing your kids how to try. For a while, all I had for this blog post was the title, but I really needed about 600 more words. So getting the invite to my high school alumni softball game was serendipitous. You and…
Inside: A working mom, a work trip, and the ode to pretzels you didn’t know you needed today. I took a work trip to Philadelphia for a couple of days last week and there were two non-work related takeaways. 1. Flying without kids after flying with kids is super weird. I had so many hands… what…
Inside: What did you want to be when you grew up? An invitation to keep figuring it out! “Jack, what do you want to be when you grow up?” “A firefighter, or a doctor.” “That’s awesome, buddy! What do you think Norah is going to be when she grows up?” (Thoughtful pause) “Batman.” That seems…
As we all know, Easter is traditionally a holiday centered around full-contact no-holds-barred athletic competition. (Wait, no? Really? That’s not a generally accepted way to celebrate the mystery of our faith? Weird.) Get Your Head in the Game Growing up, my family was never one to break tradition. So we embraced both the family togetherness…
Inside: You could clean your house, or bake some eggless chocolate chip cookies and call it a day! Scroll down to the bottom for the recipe, or stick around for some laughs first. We have a two year old and a ten month old, so everything is sticky. Everything. It’s gotten to the point where…