He’s home.

He’s home.

In just a few hours, I’ll be headed to the airport. I’ll pull up to the arrivals doors, and he’ll be standing there waiting for me. I probably won’t tackle him to the ground, but that’s how my heart will be feeling. The whole jumping into...
I’ll be missing you.

I’ll be missing you.

From the day my parents met, they never spent more than 24 consecutive hours away from each other. Sometimes if my mom was driving home late at night and my dad realized it was getting close to a full day since he’d seen her, he would drive to meet her halfway...
HAUTE TRAVELS: A Staycation at the JW Marriott

HAUTE TRAVELS: A Staycation at the JW Marriott

There are plenty of ways to ring in milestone birthdays.  You can take a trip, make a big purchase, or throw a huge bash. But when I ask Orlando what he wanted to do for his thirtieth birthday this past weekend, none of that sounded appealing to him.  What he really...
Day Date

Day Date

What to wear for a day date, AKA a parents’ night out. The other day I saw a viral video to the tune of Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” with a “This is 40” theme.  The basic premise was that, as parents, we go out early and come home in...

5 Things I’ve Learned in 5 Years of Marriage

Today is Orlando and I’s fifth wedding anniversary, and while it doesn’t seem possible that we’ve been married that long, I know we’ve both grown by leaps and bounds in that amount of time.  Marriage, if anything, is one of those life tools...