Some mornings the only part of my face that gets attention is my mouth, and honestly it is enough. A good lip pulls the whole thing together while the rest of me is still waking up. This is the exact…
The Diary
The Pantry Reset That Stopped Me Buying the Same Thing Twice
I found three open bags of brown sugar. Three. All hardened, all shoved behind a cereal box I had also bought twice. The problem was never that I needed more space, it was that I could not see what I…
The Newborn Night Shift Kit That Got Us Through the Fourth Trimester
Nobody warns you that the hardest hours are the ones between midnight and five, and that you will be doing them mostly alone in the dark. I could not make her sleep longer. What I could do was make those…
Scalp Care I Wish I Had Started Sooner
I spent years taking care of my ends and completely ignoring the part everything grows out of. Postpartum shedding is what finally got my attention. These five are what I actually use now, and wash day feels like a different…
Toy Storage That Does Not Look Like Toy Storage
I love her and I love her toys, and I would also like to sit in my living room at 8pm without looking at all of them. That was the entire brief. Five pieces later the room resets in about…
The Sick-Day Kit I Wish I Had Built Before We Needed It
The first time she got sick it was 2am, our thermometer had a dead battery, and I ended up at a 24-hour pharmacy in pajamas. Now there is a basket in the hall closet and I restock it every few…