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Alex gave me a really great birthday gift this year. With our third baby on the way, we had been joking that it would probably be years before we were able to spend time alone again. SO he surprised...
View Articlea beautiful morning prayer
Mom life forever leaves me wanting to start my day centered but with less time on my hands. I love to meditate and have a moment to drink my coffee in peace but that doesn’t always happen with two...
View Articlelosing my mom
My mom lost her balance in a golf tournament in late June. Six weeks later Glioblastoma Multiforme took her life. I had no idea brain cancer, or any other kind of cancer could move so quickly. Losing...
View Articlea great book
Sometimes life gets difficult or you suddenly find yourself losing your mother and having a baby all in the same week. As this happened to me, I’ve felt lost, directionless, depressed and also still...
View Articlehow to cherish every moment
Last year while listening to a podcast I heard something that floored me. Once we grow up and leave home( for most of us this is at 18) we have spent 93 percent of the total time we have with our...
View ArticleLessons from my mom
Isn’t my mom beautiful? I couldn’t bear to crop this photo because I love it so much. As many of you know I lost my mother almost seven weeks ago to brain cancer. It feels so different to be in the...
View ArticleWe had a baby
Rayen Carter Boyce is now eight weeks old. Her announcement was delayed because I have been emotionally depleted and have only been able to muster what it takes to care for my family after this...
View ArticleThis advice made me a better mother
Almost three years ago, when I had just given birth to my second son, one of the most accomplished and loving friends I had offered me some advice. She had two boys, and was one of the few people I...
View Articleupdate: a story about faith
Several weeks ago I was in a gift shop in Jackson Hole. The night before, I had been so swallowed by a wave of grief after losing my mom on August 9 that I felt hopeless and dark inside. At night,...
View ArticleThe Woolsey Fire and us
On November 9th we woke up to mandatory evacuation orders to leave our town of Malibu, California because fires were headed our way. I sent text messages back and forth to mom friends as we discussed...
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