Category: Personal

A few weeks ago, my grandpa passed away. I shared a little bit more about him in this post. While his death wasn’t unexpected, it was (and is) still really hard. It’s a big loss for our family. I  woke up in the middle of the night recently thinking of how grateful I was for big and small ways people showed up for me during this time and wanted to write it down. A few years ago I  wrote a blog post How to Support New Parents and middle-of-the-night me thought it would be important to share some ways to support those going through loss. Hopefully […]

I shared this on Instagram, but since my blog is a more permanent personal journal, I wanted to give an update here too. My grandpa passed away on Saturday, April 24. It’s hard to sum up what one person means to you in an Instagram caption or even a blog post, but here’s what I  shared about my grandpa: My grandpa passed away on Saturday afternoon. 💔 While it wasn’t unexpected and death never happens at a “good” time, I’m grateful I was already back home with my family during this time. This is a really big loss for our family. My grandpa, Ted, was […]

It’s been almost two months since Lucy was born (!!) and it feels like time is already flying by. She’s changed so much since we brought her home from the hospital. One of the things I was most nervous about while pregnant was how Jack would react and adapt to having a new member in our family. We adopted Jack last January when he was like 6 weeks old, so he’s spent most of his life with us. He’s super loyal, friendly and loving, and I’ve seen him interact really well with small children before, but I wasn’t sure how he would take to *our* […]