A field guide to growing up without growing apart
I love learning about people’s quirks. Everyone has a million little things that make them unique. So I thought we would explore that a little further this month. I asked the princesses to talk about a unique passion that they have. What something that we […]
My husband and I had a fight the other night. It was the end of the week, and we’d just gotten home from an after-school charity event in which I was playing basketball with some colleagues and community members. I’d been out of the house […]
The twenty-something condition. It all seems to come back to that—as much as we enjoy blogging about anything and everything here, the posts that resonate with me the most, and the real inspiration behind this blog, are the questions about growing up. The transition from […]
Hi blog friends! It’s been awhile. I just got back from a fantastic trip home to Seattle, and I’m settling back into real life here, but I wanted to tell you about an interesting conversation I had the other day. My hubby and I attended […]
Hey there 20 somethings! I know, I know– t’s been a long time! Sorry for that. Ariel was in charge last month and instead of doing her duty to the blog she was running around Norway with friends. Can you say troll-ific? Anyway, at last […]
If I ever have a daughter, I know this dilemma will be many years away yet, but it’s something that’s been on my mind several times recently as I watch the fledgling lives of some of my friends and relatives’ children. As kids reach school-age, […]
For this month’s COTM I’ve asked my friends to think about their work / life balance. What would be an ideal balance between work and home life look like, or is it all actually the same thing? And what about the future, will things change […]
With my 27th birthday (and therefore my “late 20s”) only a few months away, I’ve been thinking more and more about starting a family. Baby fever has started, I’d say, with so many cute littles popping up on my facebook newsfeed, and some of my […]
Depression and mental health are topics that we’re warned about during our teens, you know, those sensitive and formative years when everyone’s a bit angsty. But it seems to me that I’ve personally known more people struggling with these mental issues in my twenties than […]
As with most of my news these days, I found out on Facebook. I had just gotten home from work and was checking my newsfeed, and I saw a post from a high school classmate: a link to a breaking news story about a school […]
I am very content with my life. Other than the fact that I live far away from friends and family, I couldn’t imagine a better life than the one I have. Yay me, right? I sound well-adjusted, happy, and grateful for my blessings, right? Well, […]
You might think job-hunting is hard, and it certainly is, but once someone actually offers you a job you are faced with problems of a different kind. You have to decide to accept the offer the company is giving you. On the surface this might […]