I’m here to tell you that you can do it! It’s totally possible and you are smart enough. I did it, and you can too. You might even get to keep your soul at the end of it all. While I am the first to say it’s not easy, I…

I found out I was pregnant in November. Frankly it came as quite a shock to my husband and I because it was our first month of actually trying and we (inaccurately) assumed it may take at least a few months to get pregnant. Since then, it has taken about…

I had my first child, a son, in August. My “plan” was to keep on working up to, through, and after his birth. I have a fairly flexible job and knew I could make it work. It never once occurred to me to think about whether I should. I imagined my son’s birth would go how I saw most every other birth…

We’ve all been there: Deadline at 9:00 p.m. sharp tonight. You have good intentions to start the project early, like right now. You sit down at your desk at nine in the morning and tell yourself you’re not moving until this project is done. You reach for your coffee cup…

Since September I have made an effort to prioritize one of my most favorite things in the world- writing. I love writing. I feel creative and peaceful and powerful and cozy when I’m writing. …

A Peppercorn for Thanksgiving I scheduled a check-up appointment with my doctor the first week in November. I wanted to make sure everything was good to go because my husband and I were ready to start trying to have a child. My doctor gave me a clean bill of health…

Hello from London(ish)! Being half a world away from home hasn’t deterred my desire to keep myself accountable to my writing practice in the least. There’s something about this beautiful country that makes me excited to write. Is it Harry Potter? I think it’s Harry Potter. I’m in the land…

…well, two weeks’ worth of coffee anyway. $7.01. Over a month ago I posted a celebration-story of my first penny earned for my published stories…ever. I Earned a Penny! Secret: I have no idea what I am doing.medium.com Now, one month and ten days later, I have surpassed all of my expectations. I still have no idea what I am doing, but I…

I have started writing about a new topic on Medium: my novel. I am doing it because I want to find a way to share the joy that writing my novel brings me with writers on Medium. I am also doing it because it is the best way I know…