Fun Stuff – Page 3

Rudolph, With Your Nose So Bright, Won’t You Help A Mommy’s Plight?

The answer is yes. My kids are both going through a picky stage. I suppose everything is relative because my 4-year-old did recently choose to eat a spinach salad topped with feta, black olives, cucumbers and Greek dressing instead of a greasy piece of pizza. (Lest you think she has no food vices, a chocolateRead the whole post >>

More on the Name Game

I had so much fun reading about everyone’s baby name stories from this post. I also enjoyed playing around with some baby name tools a few of you shared like Nymbler (thanks, Kate). Nymbler allows you to type in names that inspire you (like the names of your current children) and then it generates aRead the whole post >>

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.