The Make it Work Mom

Logan's birth story started out nearly identical to Gracie's, but it turned out to be day to night different.

Birth stories are my favorite. It doesn’t matter the type of birth—home, hospital, drug-free vaginal, scheduled c-section, surprise I-didn’t-know-I-was-pregn...

We have a “secret” family recipe for chocolate chip cookies. It’s taped to the inside of a cabinet in my parents’ house, and a picture of it is the oldest ph...

I sit in a hospital bed cradling Gracie, my first baby. I’m nearly delirious with exhaustion, but she’s awake again and screaming loudly to make sure the who...

“Yah-yah-yah-yah-yah,” my freshly minted one-year-old babbles to himself as he flops around on my bed. He’s like a puppy spinning circles before settling int...

Your small body is draped across my torso; your limbs hanging off my sides. You pick up your head in discomfort only to slam it back down in exhaustion. “It’...

“We’ll give her a cocktail of medicine before we take her back.” the anesthesiologist told me. “It will relax her, make her a little tired, and not care when...

"Mommy," my toddler daughter's voice squeaks, "I got you a present!" I look down at her twig-like two-year-old frame to accept the treasure she's come to pre...