Toward Greater Sustainability, One Day at a Time
As a mom to brand-new baby girl, it’s been on my mind a lot what I can do to raise a daughter whose hormones are balanced. How can I help her avoid some of the pains I experienced? When it comes down to it, we all want the best for our children. We don’t want … Read more
Managing grief after the loss of a loved one is always painful. Last summer my grandmother, the rock of our family, passed away. She was the pillar that everyone came together around, and nothing has felt the same without her. A few years before that, my husband and I had three miscarriages. While we were in … Read more
3 Reasons Why We’re Ignoring the 12-Week Rule Should you wait until you’re past your first trimester to announce your pregnancy? Or should you let everyone know as soon as you find out? I’ve done both–here’s why I chose to announce my pregnancy “early” with my second baby. My husband recently started his computer science … Read more
I’ve personally battled low progesterone and felt its effects. Hormones are like the orchestra conductors in our body that tell everything else how they should function. If one of the performers isn’t playing the way it should, the whole performance sounds wrong. And one of the common hormone imbalances women experience is low progesterone. What … Read more
A Letter to My Grandmother Dear Grammie, We knew this day was coming, someday, yet somehow it felt like you might live forever. You were stubborn and bounced back after each close call, and it seemed like you might actually live to be one hundred like you told us all you were going to. I … Read more