Toasting 2022: An Ode to Halfway Dreams
It was sometime in early January of 2022 when I was in the midst of planning a party that would never actually happen. Some of my dearest friends from college…
Combatting Perfectionism During the Holiday Season
Last year before Christmas, the time came for my family to pick out a tree. It was my daughter’s first Christmas, and I was giddily excited to show her the…
A Season of Surrender: Reflections on Childbirth in the Fall
When I first found out that the due date for my second child was in October, I was immediately thrilled. Cuddling a newborn in the fall somehow seemed like the…
Finding Freedom in Motherhood
I can very easily remember the days when I lived in Boston as a graduate student, sipping lattes in cute coffee shops, running alongside the Charles River and hopping on…
Suggestions for Self-Care during Postpartum
The postpartum period is a vulnerable, humbling, yet beautiful time of growth in the journey of motherhood, particularly for first time moms. However, the needs of the new mom are…
The Legacy of Style: How the Women in My Life Shaped My Closet
Have you ever wondered why you are drawn to certain colors when you shop? Or why you often buy multiple versions of the same item? Or why you gravitate toward…
Musings on My First Year of Motherhood
A few months after my daughter was born, I remember turning to my husband one autumn evening and saying, “You know, I’m just realizing that this is the first year…
Handing on the Heritage of Faith
You are my inheritance O Lord.” This response from Psalm 16, in one breath, affirms an omnipotent, all-loving God as a familial treasure, passed down to every generation of the…
The Gift of Childbirth
Giving birth to my daughter was and still is the most difficult, insane and incredible task I have ever accomplished. I still remember quite vividly one moment during labor when…
Marriage and Theatre: An Unlikely Connection
As a young actress in college, I was taught that acting was both a representation of the truth under imaginary circumstances and a gift of self. Enraptured by this idea,…