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First Smiles

Queen for the Day

My family gave me the royal treatment yesterday. After church, the girls and Dave made a delicious brunch. Scrambled eggs with cheese and sauteed onions and mushrooms served as the main dish. Later Madeline and Rae adorned me with a handmade crown, and I was bejeweled with a dazzling bead necklace also crafted by preschoolRead the whole post >>

One Month and Counting

These photos were taken earlier this week when M.E. officially hit the one-month mark.

Study Aide

As a medical resident, my husband often has to come home and study radiology cases and/or catch up on administrative emails. Thankfully, he now has a very helpful study aide.

Hail, Holy Queen!

Today, in honor of month of Mary, our homeschooling co-op had a processional across the church grounds to crown each of the five statues of our Holy Mother. Each child also had one flower to give to Mary, and we sang songs like Immaculate Mary and Sing of Mary as we adorned the statues withRead 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.