One of the main things I’ve wanted to do for the last several months is get myself into better shape. I live a fairly sedentary life. I have a desk job where I spend an unbelievable amount of time staring at a computer screen. I work from home, so I don’t get out much unlessRead More
Happy 29th Birthday to Me!
I’m 29 today, and I wanted to write a lovely post about entering the last year of my 20s, which seems like it should be important, but I just found out that I’m an auntie for the first time ever! My brother- and sister-in-law welcomed their baby girl into the world this afternoon, and IRead More
Becoming a Mother
Sometimes, when I think back on those last few weeks before I became a mother, and I was impatiently waiting for Isla to be born, I think about those people taking video of the 2004 tsunami, standing on the beach and marveling over the strangeness of the ocean that day, unaware that what they wereRead More
We’re moving…again!
For the last couple of months, Kellen has been in the process of interviewing for a software development position at a big tech company in Austin, Texas. I’m proud to announce that he got the job! Which means that our family is packing up and moving 2,000 miles across the country in just a fewRead More
Tornado Season
I grew up in tornado alley. I remember having to clear out the hall closet pretty much every spring at least once, usually more than once, to huddle in it with my brother and my mom while my dad stood out on the front porch watching the sky. My whole body would shiver with fear,Read More
Actually, being a working mother IS pretty traditional…
You hear it all the time. Mothers are meant to be home with their children. Mothers aren’t supposed to leave their babies with someone else and spend all day out in the workforce. Traditionally, women stay home and raise kids. This is often accompanied by some adage about indigenous cultures in the Global South (usually inaccurateRead More