Aug 27, 2018 | Cora Marie, Family, Issa Brooke, Motherhood
Dear Cora and Issa, Sometimes I do this weird thing where I see a baby on the street and think how much that mom and I have in common. Then I turn my gaze down to you and see that, in fact, I don’t. I don’t have babies with squishy leg rolls and tummies...
Mar 15, 2018 | Family, Issa Brooke, Motherhood
Dear Issa, I feel like I’ve told this story before, but just in case it hasn’t been saved for posterity, here goes. When I was pregnant with you, I distinctly remember sitting down with a friend who had already given birth to multiple children. I told her...
Jan 12, 2018 | Cora Marie, Family, Issa Brooke, Motherhood, Thoughts on Life, True Beauty
On the eve of Cora’s 6th birthday, there are a lot of things that I’m thinking about as her mom. I see her facial expressions shifting, from silly little toddler to thoughtful little girl. I see her stretching an inch every day, it seems, and talking about...
May 3, 2017 | Cora Marie, Family, Issa Brooke, Life in Israel, Motherhood
There are two things we know for sure about raising babies: you’re going to be wiping some booties, and you’re going to be reading some books that drive you mad. There will be books that you secretly tuck away on the very top shelf, praying your child...
Apr 28, 2017 | Beauty, Cora Marie, Issa Brooke, Motherhood, San Antonio
I was not the girl who dreamed of being a mother growing up. I didn’t crave the chance to babysit little ones, and I didn’t push a stroller around everywhere I went. And yet, here I am, a mother of two and five years into this motherhood thing. I wish I...
