Watching the Olympics this Winter? Here’s what a trip to the games taught me about comparison! There’s a well-dressed woman who always slips into the sixth row at church. Obviously, she has it all together. Though she rushes in, she’s somehow,...
Need some reasons to stop comparing yourself to others? Read this. You slip into your brand new one-piece. It looked okay in the store’s dressing room. I can do this. You think to yourself. But one accidental glance at the tag’s picture of the gorgeous...
From the other room I hear my children open and close the fridge door and shuffle through cardboard boxes in the pantry. They’re hungry. Again. (It’s been like a whole half-hour since they ate.) As they grab for another granola bar, I put another check...
I suffer from a chronic condition. A condition called “overexplaining.” I didn’t realize I experienced this type of disease until the birth of my third child. The child who didn’t latch right for nursing, the child diagnosed with lip and tongue...
“Mom, I”m just like Iron Man.” My four-year-old paces beside my desk as I work. He explains to me that he and Iron Man have a lot of similarities. They are both boys, for starters. They both like to wear red. They both like Legos. (Of course Iron Man...
