Spinning Jenny

I've had this week circled on my mental calendar for months now. This week will be one of emotional highs and lows for me, with many act...

Is it a universal instinct of cautiousness that pregnant women feel during their first trimesters? Although there are certainly women who ne...

Since losing Hjarta, a strange thing has happened to me: I've stopped writing. Writing first became both a discipline and a joy to me in...

Trigger warning: This post discusses blood and miscarriage.  Hello, readers. As discussed in my previous post , BJ and I learned on the e...

On our tenth wedding anniversary, BJ and I took a weekend trip to New York City without our boys. On our third and final night away from the...

Bedtime every night consists of reading books to our boys. While the older two usually choose only books and a little banter, Van requires b...

At least once a day when we've been out and about, the boys ask me to drive home through an alternative route in our neighborhood. Altho...