What I’m Taking & What I’m Leaving
My 20s were incredible, but they were also messy and riddled with anxiety. As I head into my 30s, these are the things that I’m taking with me – and the things that I’m leaving firmly behind in my 20s.
Choosing Your Own Rock Bottom & Acknowledging Your “Not Yets”
Those people – with their DUIs and their hospitalizations and broken families – they are alcoholics. And if that’s what an alcoholic looks like, I’m certainly not one.
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Being Sober Through a Global Pandemic
When I was in outpatient rehab back in 2014, my counselor asked me to identify the conditions that made me most want to drink. It wasn’t a hard task: the times I wanted to drink most were moments of anxiety or moments of boredom. I called alcohol my “fast forward button,” and drinking was my…
Why I (Desperately) Need a Detox from Social Media
I love social media. Anyone who knows me well knows that. Honestly, anyone who doesn’t know me well knows that. Maybe it’s because I’ve lived in five different states and want to stay in touch with the friends I’ve made in each one. Maybe it’s because I’m sappy and like to document every special moment…
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“It Takes A Village”
Families are better when they’re part of a village.
And lately, I’ve been really struggling with the fact that my village feels so far away.
Everything I Wish I Could Tell Expectant Caroline (After 10 Weeks of This Motherhood Thing)
It’s been ten whole weeks – 72 days exactly – since Tillie graced us with her presence. We’ve got two more weeks left in the “fourth trimester,” and we’ve survived. On one hand, it feels like I blinked and suddenly ten weeks have passed. On the other hand, it seems like those first few days…
Tillie’s Birthday
At 4:36 a.m. on April 27th, two days before her due date, Jeremy and I welcomed Matilda Catherine into the world. Tillie’s birth was hard, wonderful, nerve-wracking, beautiful, and pretty much nothing like I had imagined it. I woke up on Friday, April 26th with a strong feeling that labor was near. I wasn’t having…
The Third Trimester
As I write this, I am 37 weeks and two days pregnant. It feels pretty surreal knowing that Jeremy and I will be meeting our daughter in less than a month (really, I’m hoping less than three weeks but I’m trying to be realistic and patient). I’ve got to say… these final couple weeks have…
The Second Trimester
Holy. Moly. We officially entered the third trimester two weeks ago today, which means I can finally write a recap on our second trimester! Most of the moms I’ve spoken to say the second trimester was their favorite, and while I can’t claim that until I’ve experienced them all… I will say, it was a…
How to Be There for a Friend Whose Family Member Has Cancer
My teenage years are broken up into two distinct parts: before cancer and after cancer. Every memory I have automatically falls into a category in relation to my dad’s diagnosis. I got my driver’s license before cancer, and I graduated high school after cancer. I applied to college before cancer, and I got accepted after…
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