Love + Marriage

If you give a mom a gift card…. You better make sure it’s inside a card where you tell her all the amazing things you love about her.  She’ll probably hug you and hug you, until you can’t breathe! She will go...

“If you love me, you don’t have to hate her. And if you love her, you don’t need to hate me.” -Meghan Markle Binary thinking is a one way ticket to failure. The most damaging form of polarity is...

As I write this, my husband is driving in 116 degree heat through Arizona while being rerouted to a new wildfire assignment. We are 11 days out from our son’s 12th birthday and within a week of Father’s Day. Most...

Sweet hubby, I am really sorry your summer sucks. The Glorious Summer Days I was driving home from Hurricane Harbor one beautiful summer Tuesday afternoon.  My kids' cheeks are red from a day spent in the sun. Their hair tousled and...

Father's Day is coming up, what do you want? No, really what do we want for Father's Day? We say we don't know because really: A. We don't know. B. We don’t care. C. What we want is too expensive to really ask...

A Little Jealous, A lot Less Joy As I scrolled through social media the day after Valentine's Day, I saw a post that made me stop. My friend posted a picture of her Valentine's Day gift from her husband. Stunning...

Being a stay-at-home dad was never part of my career plan. Like everyone else, 2020 changed the path of my life and my career! By day I worked in a Special Education classroom and by night I was a...

I’ll go first… I am Infertile! First, I am not a medical professional. This is being written from my perspective - as an infertility warrior. I define infertility as the inability to conceive without medical intervention, regardless of the reason. I have...

Let’s get uncomfortable and start the conversation. Shall we? Let's talk about mom guilt. Mom Guilt I’ll go first…. When I had my beautiful daughter Faith, I was self-employed, which meant that if I didn’t work then I didn’t get paid. I...

What a year it has been! I don’t know about you, but I could use some romance and intimacy this Valentine’s Day.  So, let’s not stress about the coveted restaurant reservations or the overrated cards and extravagant date ideas....