Mothering
Tea Cups | Disneyland, California | 2015
I love being a mom! It is the most exciting, exasperating, exhausting, and exhilarating experience of my life! I’m the mom of a creative, bright, fascinating boy who makes life interesting every day! And I have thoughts and ideas and all the feels about mothering, moms, and everything parenthood, and I share them here!
I am a fierce advocate for boys — not to the exclusion of girls — but I know that boys have deep emotional lives, passionate interests, and rich creativity which can be squelched by our culture of toxic masculinity, violence, and misogyny. So in all the choices we make as parents, my husband and I work to lift up boys and girls to reach their fullest potential as human beings — and not to be defined by arbitrary cultural gendered expectations.
What does that mean? We are a house that fosters creative play, colorful fashion choices, artistic expression, musical excellence. We seek out representation and diversity in what we read, watch, and consume. And we actively seek justice for all. It also means we throw great birthday parties, are thoughtful gift givers, and have hard conversations with our child about the world almost every day.
Being a parent is hard. It has always been hard, but the challenges of a modern world make it even harder today. As a mom, I am here to support and love you, and I invite you to contact me. Let me know if you enjoy something you find here — or if you want to know more!
Welcome!
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