My older son turns 7 today, and I've been reflecting on my relationship with him. He is emotionally volatile, frail and at the same time...

On this very auspicious day, I share my thoughts and feelings of love. It is not what I had imagined it to be, and it looks differently...

It's inspiring, right? To observe the phoenix, now risen from the ashes. With wings of freedom and new beginnings in sight and flight. To...

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you ruined it? I have… I hold on so tight that I end up suffocating it. I go out of my way...

Have you ever experienced a contentment so tranquil that it heals? After many, many tumultuous years of brokenness, anger and resentment...

How do I find my own stability when constantly handling volatile emotions? I find it so difficult to separate myself from my children's...

I used to pride myself on being a giver - watering wilted flowers and laying compost on broken ground. Man, was I quite the gardener,...

I never knew I would be the woman whose child has a step father, and an alive and healthy father. My son was supposed to have stability...

I marvel at mothers. From their biology to their nature. How did they come to know that abrasions to the knee need ointment and a kiss?...

i have been pulling myself by the collar through these last few months. sometimes my mind goes back and forth with the idea that...

I have been stumbling through hundreds of words for the past two months, unable to come up with anything sincere. The grief that I was...

Being a mother is the most difficult and scariest role I have ever played. Played. Such a light word compared to the impact the act of...

I worked for everything I dreamed of - Young, with much deserved pride. Achievement by achievement, I found a hollowness inside From...

Yet another very difficult year. I wonder when it'll get easier - maybe when I'm 40 and my kids stop fighting me to get dressed in the...

I spend most of my alone time reflecting on people that matter to me. I often go through my camera roll to see the moments I captured and...

Everyone has it. Everyone leaves it on the empty bed and closes the door so no one will see it when they come over. No one wants to face...

I come from a big family with many opinions, voices and perspectives, so I grew up being afraid to trust myself because there were so...

I go back and forth with myself religiously on the things that truly matter to me. How I’ve constructed my reality is a reflection of how...

Being a mother is the hardest thing I’ve done, by far. I have to manage two sets of completely different emotions, guide two hearts to do...

This is probably one of the most hurtful and unforgiving truths of life that I encounter over and over. What a strange and mind blowing...