As soon as Oprah Winfrey took the stage at her Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour in Ft. Lauderdale, the tears began to fall. Truth be told they were already flowing minutes before, as I realized this was the moment I would…
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IT DIDN’T SPARK JOY IT SPARKED PAIN, BUT I KEPT IT ANYWAYS
I started decluttering three months ago before the holidays, and I purged everything in my path. Clothes, toys, linens, my mom’s wedding dress…it felt liberating to make space in our homes and have less clutter. But there’s one thing…
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The Gifts of Infertility
Truth time – I never wanted kids. I had big plans for my life that included a big career landing me someday at Good Morning America. But something funny happened once I was married at age 25, my biological clock…
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Saying Goodbye to My Uterus
My hospital bag is packed, but this time it’s not for the welcoming of a new baby, it’s for my hysterectomy. A decision I’ve been agonizing over for years. After living with Endometriosis my whole life, it’s finally time. Time…
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Be Who You Want to Be with Stacey Skryzak
Ever read something online that’s so powerful it brings you to tears? That’s what happened when I read news anchor Stacey Skryzak’s Facebook post recently about being done. Done with judging her body, done with comparing herself to others, and…
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Acupuncture and Infertility
I was the girl who passed out at the blood lab. The one who would just see a needle and instantly feel my palms start to sweat. So when our infertility doctor said after a few years of trying to conceive that IVF…
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Mourning the End of the Baby Phase
It was a simple request on a random Saturday morning from our three year old. “Mommy can I have a big girl bed?” “You have one silly!” I replied, as we moved both our girls out of cribs right before…
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