This weekend I feel like I had a little bit of a breakthrough. And in an effort to to to be a little bit more transparent, like I said in my 5 on Friday, I thought I’d share it with you.

I originally wasn’t going to share this post today. However, I realized with so many marriages ending these days that a post about a marriage that has lasted for 40 years is a big deal. These are Ben’s parents, Ingrid + Mike, and my in-laws. All of Ben’s family got together a couple of weekends […]

Lately I’ve been feeling overwhelmed, that everything I do can’t compare to someone else. I am very fortunate to have a husband that consistently reminds me that I am enough and that he loves me just the way I am. But that nagging feeling is still there and social media and the comparison game does […]

At the end of May into early June I was in Pittsburgh for almost 2 week as I helped get everything ready for my youngest sister’s, Kristina’s, bridal shower. It was quite the whirlwind trip as we also celebrated both of my grandmas’ 80th birthdays and had Kristina’s bachelorette party. My mother and I seriously […]

Anna turned 11 this April and is on the brink of being a teenage girl. It just amazes me to watch her and see that shift taking place. It also makes me feel incredibly old because the first time I went to visit Ben’s parents was for Anna’s 1st birthday. That was 10 years ago!