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3 Reasons I Love Facebook's Messenger Kids App Even Though Child Advocates Say I Shouldn't: originally published on Perfection Pending (now Filter Free Parents); syndicated on The Good Men ProjectTODAY Parents, & InspireMore

5 Reasons I’m Going To Continue Being A SAHM Even After My Kids Are In School: originally published on Scary Mommy; syndicated on That's Inappropriate (now Filter Free Parents), & Her View From Home

6 Reasons to Finally Cut the Cable: originally published on Medium; syndicated on The Good Men Project

A Good Doctor is Hard to Find: originally published on Medium

A Mother’s Love Sounds Like…: originally published on Medium; syndicated on TODAY Parents

Acknowledging the Trauma: originally published on Medium, later added to A Parent is Born; syndicated on Scary MommyLove What MattersThe MightyYahoo! Lifestyle, & The Good Men Project

Authenticity: originally published on Medium

Bathrooms Are Not Places For Debate: originally published on P.S. I Love You; syndicated on The Good Men ProjectLove What MattersHrtWarming, & Filter Free Parents

Can We Call Ourselves "Budget Travelers"?: originally published on Hopes and Dreams for Our Future

Cancer Never Taught Me Any Wonderful Life Lessons: originally published on Invisible Illness; syndicated on The Mighty

Check Your Bias: originally published on Medium

Children of Children: originally published on Medium

Decade: originally published on Medium

Every Personal Essay I’ve Ever Written is Another Bullet Point on a “Random Things About Me” Listicle: originally published on Medium

Give Credit Where It's Due: originally published on Medium

Growth: originally published on Medium

History is a Story: originally published on Medium

How 1 Childhood Conversation With My Mom Shaped Who I Am As A Parent.: originally published on InspireMore; syndicated on Filter Free Parents, & Reality Moms

I Am in a Season of Change and Growth: originally published on Medium

I Am So Proud Of My Husband But His Weight Loss Had Unexpected Side Effects On Our Kids.: published on InspireMore

I Appreciate My Scars: originally published on Medium

I Don’t Miss My Kids Being Little: originally published on That's Inappropriate (now Filter Free Parents); syndicated on Scary MommySammiches & Psych Meds, & TODAY Parents

I Don’t Want Things to Go Back to “Normal”: originally published on Invisible Illness

I Hope You Stick Around: originally published on Medium

I Just Can’t Do Busy Anymore: originally published on Medium

“I Ought to Get Up and Just Beat You”: originally published on Medium, later added to Human Parts

I Shine in a Crisis: originally published on Invisible Illness; syndicated on The Mighty, & Yahoo! Lifestyle

I Thought Getting a Bi Pride Tattoo Would Help Bi Visibility: originally published on Visible Bi+

I Thought Niantic Had Done It Again But I Was Disappointed: originally published on Medium

I Told My Son It’s Absolutely Okay To Not Want Anything For Christmas.: originally published on InspireMore; syndicated on The Good Men ProjectTODAY Parents, & Medium

If I Knew When and How I’d Take My Last Breath: originally published on Medium; syndicated on Collective World

If Only: exclusively published in At Death's Door

I'm the Same Person I've Always Been: originally published on Medium

In My Dreams: exclusively published in Sea Glass Hearts

In the Blink of an Eye: originally published on Medium; syndicated on Love What Matters

It's Only Hair: originally published on Medium

Just Ask What You Really Want To Know: Were My Twins Conceived Using Reproductive Assistance: exclusively published on Twiniversity

Lines in the Snow: originally published on SNAPSHOTS

Make the Effort to Visit Family When You Travel: originally published on TODAY Parents; syndicated on InspireMore

Mammoth Cave National Park: exclusively published on KidTripster

Marriage Can Survive Sexless Seasons: originally published on Hello, Love; syndicated on The Good Men Project

Medical Anxiety Can Feel Worse Than the Medical Reason for Visiting the Doctor: originally published on Medium

"Most People": originally published on Medium

My Anxiety Snowballed, Consuming More and More Areas of My Life: originally published on Invisible Illness

My Bisexuality is Not Impossible nor Irrelevant: originally published on Visible Bi+

My Favorite Spot: originally published on SNAPSHOTS

My Husband and I Never Say “I Love You, Too”: originally published on P.S. I Love You; syndicated on InspireMore, TODAY ParentsThe Good Men Project, & Filter Free Parents

My Husband and I Still Celebrate Our Moversary: originally published on TODAY Parents; syndicated on InspireMore

My Name in Books: originally published on Medium

My Therapist Asked Me to Describe What the Waiting Feels Like: originally published on Medium

My Twins Don’t Share a Magical “Twin Bond”: exclusively published on Twiniversity

Niantic Unites My Family With Another Fun Game This Summer: originally published on Medium, syndicated on InspireMore

Our Back-to-School Prep Is About More Than Just School Supplies: originally published on Medium; syndicated on InspireMoreThe Good Men Project, Scary Mommy, & TODAY Parents

Our Favorite Car Activity for Road Trips: exclusively published on Organized Mom

Please Forgive Me: originally published on Hopes and Dreams for Our Future

Please Stop Using Seasonal Flu Deaths to Downplay the Threat of COVID-19: originally published on Medium

Pokémon GO-ing Strong for Two Years: originally published on Medium, later added to Noteworthy

Reminder: You Don’t Have To Do It All This Holiday Season: originally published on Medium; syndicated on TODAY ParentsThe Mighty, & For Every Mom

She saved it for me.: originally published on SNAPSHOTS

Sometimes Mistakes Create Great Memories: originally published on Medium; syndicated on TODAY Parents, & InspireMore

"Survival is Insufficient": originally published on Medium

Take Me Back to Tulum: originally published on SNAPSHOTS

The Odds Were Stacked Against Us: originally published on Medium

The Sober Curious Trend Is Making It Easier To Say “No, Thanks”: originally published on Medium, syndicated on Thought Catalog, & Scary Mommy

The Woman Who Gave Birth to My Daughters is Not Their Mother: originally published on Medium; syndicated on TODAY Parents, Love What MattersKinBoxScary Mommy, & InspireMore

therapy: originally published on Hopes and Dreams for Our Future; syndicated on InspireMore

This picture.: originally published on SNAPSHOTS; syndicated on InspireMore

Thrive: originally published on Medium

Through the Lens of Motherhood: originally published on Medium; syndicated on TODAY Parents

To Master The Art Of Letting Go – The Best (And Only) Resolution I’ve Ever Kept.: originally published on InspireMore; syndicated on TODAY Parents, & Medium

Visibility Matters: originally published on Visible Bi+

Was I A Better Parent Back Then?
: originally published on Hopes and Dreams for Our Future; syndicated on InspireMore

We Are Much Too Quick to Dismiss the Past as No Longer Relevant: originally published on Medium

We Have the Family We Always Dreamed of, in Ways We Never Imagined: originally published on Medium; syndicated on Love What MattersInspireMore, & TODAY Parents

Wearing My Bi Pride on My Skin: originally published on Visible Bi+

When Anxiety Makes You Feel Like You Are in Danger Every Day of Your Life: originally published on Invisible Illness; syndicated on Thought CatalogThe MightyYahoo! Lifestyle, & InspireMore

When Being A Cancer Survivor Feels Like A Time Bomb Ticking in Your Ear: originally published on Medium; syndicated on The Mighty, Yahoo! Lifestyle, & InspireMore

"Who Cares?!?": originally published on Medium

Without A Doubt: originally published on Medium, later added to Hello, Love; syndicated on InspireMoreLove What MattersScary Mommy, & The Good Men Project

Writing With Anxiety: originally published on Medium; syndicated on The Mighty, & Yahoo! Lifestyle

You Don’t Need To Do It All This Holiday Season: originally published on Medium; syndicated on Love What MattersTODAY ParentsInspireMoreThe MightyYahoo! LifestyleThe Good Men ProjectReality MomsSammiches & Psych Meds, & For Every Mom

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