Tales of Parenthood: Becoming “Sports Mom”.

May 20, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Oh, dear. What have I done? It was the only thing I kept repeating in my head as I raced around our house, trying to make sure we had anything we’d need before we left – because we weren’t coming back to the house if something was forgotten. Bug spray. Hat. Catcher’s glove. Towel to […]

Parenthood: Working on brave.

September 13, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

The other morning, strapping my son in and tucking his blanket around him in his seat because the air is crisp in the mornings now, he thanked me. My two and a half year old thanked me for performing something so basic for him because he was unable to do it himself. Along our morning […]

No more apologies. I am officially UNapologetic.

April 4, 2016.Reading time 8 minutes.

“I’m not flashy with my body in public.” This was a text response I sent to my husband after he sent one to me telling me that I should get a string bikini this summer for the beach, after I daringly sent him a collage of dressing room photos to get his input on cut […]

Let’s talk ‘bikini bridge’.

January 16, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

My hair is long enough to have to tie back now. But it’s at that stage where you still need a bunch of clips to pin up the back bottom layers so I feel like a four year old struttin’ my stuff at the gym. However, that’s not what makes me a smidge annoyed today. […]

Owning it.

November 13, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

Up until the other side of the age of 13, I couldn’t even tell the lady at the register at McDonald’s that I wanted a six piece nugget meal when my family and I went out for our usual Friday night family date. My mother would tell her what she wanted, what she wanted for […]