
3 Decisions to Make Before Your Hospital Stay
Before I had my first baby, I felt as prepared as I could possibly be. The espresso crib had been assembled. The diapers had been organized neatly into a caddy. The clothes had been washed in Dreft and folded inside his new dresser. And – I had read all the books. Indeed, I was as ready as I could be, and yet there were a few things that came up during my hospital stay that I hadn’t prepared for. So I’d like to share a few things to help you think and plan ahead on what your

(Don't) Let the Dishes Sit in the Sink
The longer I live, the more I realize that no matter what your personality type is – there are other people like you. For the first 23 years of my life, I had this secret shame for my distaste of eating outside. I’d be at many-a-party when the question would come up, “should we eat inside or outside?” “Inside! Inside!” my inner voice would cry. No bugs, comfortable air conditioning, no wind to blow away the fine paper goods we splurged on. This has, for the most part, been m