One day a week, for the past seven weeks, I had a guaranteed nap time break. Not because Bastien was sleeping mind you, but because I sent him to Terrific Twos at the YMCA. I was skeptical about this class because #1 It was during nap time after all, and #2 It was a class, [...]

Dear Hadley, I bet every mother who writes a letter to her one-year-old starts off by saying, “I can’t believe you’re one already!” Well, it’s the truth. What happened to my roly poly baby girl? So many times in your short life we’ve remarked on what a joyful person you are. Not so much lately, [...]

Seems like every year around this time, Jim is undergoing some MAJOR web development project for me. Last year, it was my yoga business website soulstretch.org – which he worked on tirelessly in the hospital (and admirably sans pain medication I might add) and completed just moments before I delivered Hadley. This weekend, he spent [...]

Jim and I. Going strong for six years now! So naturally this weekend we exchanged gifts. We’ve become quite the traditionalists when it comes to anniversary gifts – and often use the guideline of number of years wed=number of dollars spent on the traditional gift. You laugh, but it requires such thought that it often [...]

A friend and I have challenged each other to a little game I like to call The Biggest Baby Weight Loser. It has become apparent that running twice a week and yoga nearly every day just isn’t cutting it. You know what that means: LESS FOOD. Waaaaaahh. Oh sorry, this isn’t the Biggest Baby competition. [...]

Today would have been my cousin Gretchen’s 30th birthday. She was killed 6 years ago, unspeakably, by her neighbor. It happened on my birthday actually, not long before she was supposed to stand up in my wedding. She was my dearest, longest, loyalist friend and when it happened I wondered if there would ever come [...]