Calmly Chaotic

What are your plans for the weekend? We have the house to ourselves (did I mention that my parents have been living with us for four months now & that I've been designing their whole house renovation?). Oops, I guess not. It's been cozy around here to say the least. Here are some fun …

This is the first personal essay that I'm sharing - focusing on a subject that you might just find yourself in - the issue of when you find yourself wanting a baby and how you got there...





We climb the berber carpeted stairs to the second level. I hate berber. It’s a flat, defeated type of car…

Last month my husband and I drove nine hours to Mount Desert Campground in Acadia National Park, Maine, for a week - by ourselves....


We were last in Acadia in May - our seventh trek to the rocky, salt filled shores. This would be our eighth. I wonder if other people experience this pull back to o…

This fall, I have been committed to getting ready every morning.

Face washed, actual clothes on, hair presentable to the public, you know - getting ready as though I have somewhere to be - even when I don't.

Truth: My beauty idol at the moment is Gillian Jacobs (tell me you haven't noticed …

Last Sunday I sat down beside Andrew on our couch, a freshly poured glass of red wine swirling around in one hand, a book balanced in the other.  I began to read. Out loud. 

The girls had put on a performance earlier that afternoon, in our car, and while my weary nerves craved netflix, my desire to…