Hello all! My apologies for being out of touch this last month and a half. As you may have (correctly) guessed, I had a baby! Madison Grace McDonald was born at 10:39pm on Friday February 19th after 80 hours of labor – and many many contractions (though surprisingly not a lot of swearing)! She was […]

How many times have you had the experience of driving in your car, stopping at a red light, and seeing a homeless person walking up and down the line of stopped cars with a cardboard sign? Or maybe you were walking down the street and you passed a similar looking person, also holding a similar […]

Humans. Humanity. Mankind. Yup. That’s you. That’s me. That’s all the people we hear about on the news every day, near and far. We are mankind. But it’s an interesting word to use, don’t you think? The very word suggests that we are kind, and yet the news is filled with stories of people being […]

As I prepare to become a mother in the next few weeks (holy shit, holy shit, holy shit…did I mention holy shit?), I’ve got my nose buried in books about pregnancy, labor, and parenting. My mind is flooded with questions: What if I don’t know what I’m doing? Will I be a good mother? What […]

As you know from a few posts ago, I never thought I would be able to conceive. I was told in my early twenties that it may not be possible for me, but that I would only know for sure once I started trying (not very reassuring, I know). Not feeling very optimistic about the […]

I may have asked you this question before, but it’s so relevant to this time of year that I’m going to ask it again: Where will you be in 6 months if you keep doing what you’re doing? Before you answer that, this question begs a few follow ups: Do you like where you see […]