Parenting can be tiring! Mealtime with a toddler used to feel like a battle. Not because of what my daughter ate — but because of what she didn’t. And more specifically, where that food ended up (ahem… the floor). Every breakfast, lunch, and dinner felt like a mess I had to prepare for. No matter […]

These days, life feels like a constant juggling act — work deadlines, parenting a toddler, building a home filled with intention. Somewhere along the way, I realized I was striving for a version of motherhood and womanhood that looked perfect on the outside but left me feeling exhausted on the inside. As I navigate through

Last week, I found out I was pregnant with my second child. It wasn’t planned — and yet, once the shock settled, I felt a quiet joy begin to grow. I started imagining our future as a family of four. I felt lucky, surprised, and yes, still a bit overwhelmed — but happy. Just a

Some late afternoons, I come home from work and my brain is still spinning. There are dishes in the sink, emails on my phone, and a toddler that needs love and attention. I don’t want to default to TV just to catch my breath, and I don’t want to feel guilty for needing a short

Today was one of those full, exhausting, beautiful days. It started early — a long day at the office, where the meetings stacked up one after another. Deadlines, messages, to-do lists… they never really end, do they? By the afternoon, I was already dreaming about being home, hearing my daughter’s giggles, feeling her small arms

When my husband and I found out we were expecting our daughter, we knew that language would be at the heart of her identity. With Brazilian, French, and American cultures flowing through our family, raising her trilingual wasn’t just a goal — it was a way to honor our backgrounds and immerse her in the