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Hard Conversations, Little Ears, and Telling the Truth Without Breaking Them
Sometimes Matt and I talk about heavy things. Not because we want to. Because the world is heavy. And because pretending it isn’t doesn’t actually protect anyone. We are also never without children. Which means little ears catch fragments. A sentence here. A word there. A tone shift. And eventually, questions. Why are women paid…
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Raspberry, Pink, and the World’s Need to Categorize Everything
Raspberry has the most beautiful hair. Long, curly, red—storybook-level hair. The kind people stop you in public to comment on. The kind that tangles if you look at it wrong. The kind that requires an entire separate mental load just to maintain. Keeping up with his hair alone is a part-time job. Wash days. Detangling. Conditioning. Negotiating.…
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Looking for the Jackson Galaxy of Dog Training
While researching puppy training before bringing home a new pup, I realized much of the advice I grew up with — especially “alpha dog” dominance training — is outdated and harmful. Here’s what the science says and what I’m choosing instead.
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Snacks for the Boys: Our Go-Tos (Suggestions Welcome)
Feeding three little humans all day every day is basically a full-time job with no PTO. These kids snack like it’s their life’s calling, so I’ve learned to keep things simple, repeatable, and mostly sane. Fancy snacks last exactly one shopping trip. Reliable snacks? Those earn a permanent spot. Here’s what’s working for us right…
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Local Markets, Stretching Dollars, and Living Anyway
Let me be very clear: feeding a family right now takes strategy, not laziness or better budgeting apps or bootstraps or whatever nonsense people like to push. Groceries are expensive on purpose. Wages are low on purpose. Assistance is hard to access on purpose. All of it works exactly as designed. And yet—our kids still…
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Life Lately: A Christmas Update (and a Much-Needed Exhale)
Let’s just get this out of the way first: the Epstein stuff is absolutely unhinged. Every new detail feels like confirmation of what we already knew but hoped wasn’t that bad—power protecting power, money insulating monsters, and accountability conveniently evaporating. It’s exhausting in a soul-deep way. I’ve been reading, doom-spiraling, rereading, and finally hit the point where…
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Something Is Very Wrong — And Everyone Can Feel It
Let’s stop pretending this is normal. People are angrier than ever, but also numb.More informed, but more powerless.More connected, but more isolated. That’s not a coincidence. That’s a system working exactly as designed. You’re Not Crazy — You’re Overstimulated on Purpose Every day you are fed: Your nervous system was not built for this. So…
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I Just Watched ICE Run Over a Man’s Legs — How Is This Normal Now?
ICE violence is being normalized in America. When torture becomes background noise, we are in dangerous territory.
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The Endangered Species Act Is Under Attack — And It Should Terrify Every One of Us
I’m angry. I’m disgusted. And I’m tired of pretending this is just “politics as usual.” The Endangered Species Act (ESA) — one of the most effective, science-based conservation laws ever written — is being systematically weakened in the United States. Not with one dramatic villain monologue, but through a steady drip of rollbacks, loopholes, defunding, and “reforms”…
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Where I’ve Been: Depression, Doomscrolling, and Showing Back Up
If you’ve noticed I’ve been quiet since mid-October… you’re not wrong. I didn’t disappear because I forgot, or got bored, or didn’t care about this blog. I disappeared because I hit a really dark emotional wall. A depression spiral caught me off-guard and held me there longer than I wanted. I kept up with the most…
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Old-School Pineapple Upside-Down Cake (Grandma’s, with the Missing Magic)
Grandma made it by heart. I follow her recipe to the letter—but here’s the little something that finally made it taste like her kitchen again.
Got any questions?