Author Archives: lauren

I pressed my cheek against Aaron’s chest and snuggled in a little tighter, burrowing my cold feet under his warm ones. It felt like we were dating again, [..]

This morning at 6 a.m., I was breastfeeding my 4-month-old and scrolling through emails on my iPhone, I discovered that my boss had dinner with the President and [..]

Little Katie Briggs runs as fast as her 6-year-old legs could carry her, which for a first grader was pretty quick. She can run faster than most of [..]

“Ugly hairy spikes jut out from what looks like a head attached to a lumpy and splotchy mound of flesh with reptile-like limbs. The creature’s head flops backward, [..]

The long wooden table stretches the length of the frosted storefront windows. The rough hewn, chapped and splintered, lacquered surface alludes to a repurposed life and a weathered [..]

I’m a new mom, and Shutterfly is rocking my world! My daughter’s only 3 months old and I’ve already used multiple promotions from Shutterfly to make gifts for [..]

Regardless of what my title implies, this is not to be a diatribe about chauvinistic husbands keeping their wives barefoot and pregnant (which describes this particular woman perfectly [..]

Oh that joyous moment when a blue plus sign appeared! I remember it so well. And so does my husband, only his memory is of being abruptly woken [..]