… but really, that’s not the point of this post. The point is that MY STUFFED ANIMAL IS HAVING A BETTER SUMMER THAN ME. Seriously. It all started when we (ahem, my husband) forgot to pack Billy Bunny when we were heading home from… Continue Reading “I’m 32 and sleep with a stuffed animal”
Thank you for the kind words after our exciting announcement last week. Annabelle should be coming home with us on or around August 27, and we’re so, so, so excited. But there’s a bit of a backstory here. A painful one, actually, and it… Continue Reading “A tale (tail) of two pups”
I didn’t admit I had postpartum depression until long after it was over. After our daughter was born, I was consumed with guilt that I felt anything other than joyous. After all, I finally had the baby girl I’d always wanted — ruffles, headbands,… Continue Reading “The year I lost myself to postpartum depression”
I’m trying to feel grateful that I don’t have to pack school lunches at the moment, but honestly I do miss school. A lot. (Also, I’m still MAKING just as many lunches — I’m just not making them at 6:45 a.m.) I’m trying to… Continue Reading “Mom confessions from mid-July”
We’re heading home today after nearly a week in sunny southern Ontario. (Yup, just like we did right around this time last year.) What’s that thing people say — if you’re travelling with kids, it’s a trip, and if you’re travelling without kids, it’s… Continue Reading “Working from home … on vacation”