Do you need a break? From what? What I need is to get out of my own way. Escape from my own headspace. Take a break from that room-spinning feeling we all feel when too many things pile one on top of the other without an end in sight. To take a step back from... Continue Reading →
To My Not So Little Boy
The tiny clothes stacked neatly in your closet remind me of how quickly you've grown and how hard it is for me to accept it. If the size difference of your shirts aren’t proof enough, the No. 2 pencil marks on the inside of your closet is validation. The baby socks once fit baby feet.... Continue Reading →
Morning Bird or Night Owl? Who Decides.
Are you more of a night or morning person? When you have two children under the age of five, and both you and your spouse work full time, you’re forced to be the early bird and the night owl. The constant revolving door of responsibilities that comes with parenthood leaves you stuck on Groundhog’s Day... Continue Reading →
Running with Heavy Feet
The thought of leisurely running, if that’s what you want to call it, is the last item on a long to-do list for a mom of two who works full time and opts to cook dinner more than ordering takeout. A nearly five year gap between running. That’s how long it’s been. I went from... Continue Reading →
It was my college graduation and one of the many falling outs I had with my grandfather turned out to be the last. He died five years later in 2017. Poof. He was gone. Five years in silence lead to forever. It was so long ago I’m not entirely sure why I felt betrayed and... Continue Reading →
Kristina M. Nasuti