Who knew that a quinoa cookie could actually be kinda tasty? Then again, I am exhausted in only the way ISNA can make you and I might feel differently about a quinoa cookie if I was on less than four hours of sleep. O’Hare was surprisingly not horrible this morning and I am glad I took a 7am flight.

Damn, Dave. You still move my soul in a way that’s indescribable. The words hit differently than they did back in college. Maybe it’s because Boone’s isn’t involved. Merriweather Post Pavilion with neighbors who have seen me through the loss of Hadi and a tough divorce, along with their three amazing kids on a

I carried twins to term and I endured watching my child intubated yet returning a RedBox movie scares me. What if I don’t put it in right? What if I screw up the disc and the machine and then nobody will be able to rent movies! The struggle is real y’all. Y’all…when did I start using that word and no,

Yep, proud to be from Topeka, Kansas. I was all sorts of giddy listening to Harriet Lerner on Brene Brown’s episode and her introduction mentioning her time at Menniger Foundation in Topeka. That being said, I honestly can’t remember if I ever saw her son, Ben Lerner debate.

June 7th. Hadi and Zakari’s birthday. I always wanted to make sure my twins were seen as two separate beautiful human beings. I rarely dressed them in matching outfits and I tried to make sure I honored their differences. There were usually two cakes, one chocolate for Zakaria and one vanilla for Hadi

I am watching the Wonder Years and it’s fascinating how timeless of a show it is.
Looking forward to being back in MY house. Don’t let Zakaria hear me call it my house…it is our house but you get my drift.Front Royal, Virginia is not exactly where I was expecting to see a Black Lives Matter event