“If you want to be a model,” I tell her, “be a model of character.”
The Things We Carry
Children fill our lives and our purses with so much more than we ever imagined we could carry.
I’m A Badass Mom Because of the Badass Moms Around Me
I feel the same about these solo moms who orbit my life. They hold a deeper knowing that’s unspoken. I am a badass mom because of the badass moms who surround me.
Dear Girls: On Being Brave
So, by my own definition, is that bravery? Living my life, even though I’m afraid to.
For My Mom: A Badass Rattlesnake Killer
My mom has been enshrined in my mind as a badass since I was eight years old, though I may not have used quite that vocabulary at the time.
8 Things Moms of Young Daughters Have to Look Forward To (Really!)
I didn’t particularly look forward to my girls’ tween and teen years. But now that I’m camped in them, I realize something: I should have.
Strong is the New Pretty
Strong is the New Pretty is a series of photographs showing my two young girls, as well as their friends, just as they are — loud, athletic, fearless, messy, joyous, frustrated. I wanted to celebrate these girls as they are, not how females are expected to be. I wanted to celebrate them, just as they are, and show them that is enough.
Like Mother, My Daughter
She just turned nine this week which means, I only have nine more years to get her ready to fight for herself in the real world. There are just SO. MANY. THINGS I want her to know.
To Love Yourself “As Is”
Loving herself despite her failures, flaws, and imperfections gave her children permission to love themselves “as is.”
I Wish You Weren’t My Sister
I was at the end of long day of sibling fighting. Injustices hurled one from the other. A car ride turned tense. The threat of a harmful blow with a pocket swiss army knife. A yoga mat to the head purposefully. Constant negotiation. “Use your words” went out the window around 10 a.m. only to be replaced with “don’t hit your sister again!”