I recently quit my job…and by job, I mean residency. As those in the field can attest, this isn’t something that happens often. Once you start, it’s expected that you’ll finish, regardless of how difficult things get, and no matter the sacrifice. Forums on the topic often advise residents considering the thought to “forget about […]
All About Ella
I’m so sorry! She was crying so loudly that I couldn’t wait any longer to feed her,” the nurse said. “So, I gave her some formula,” she continued. Ella was in the NICU following her birth for severe jaundice caused by incompatible blood types (Micah spent time in the NICU for the same thing. Read […]
Coping with COVID
What’s wrong?” DJ asked with a concerned look on his face. “You haven’t been yourself lately.” “I know,” I responded. “I’ve been thinking about a lot.” Apparently, I have a telltale “thinking face,” that only my husband has a way of picking up on. Between the pandemic, the highly divided and political nature of society, […]
An Update in My Journey to a Healthy Home
About two years ago, I shared a post on what I was doing to transition our home to being a cleaner and greener one. And, as with all things in life, it’s been a journey of learning and growth. So, I thought I would update you on what I’ve learned since then! As I […]
Our Baby/Pandemic Date Escape
Between having a new baby in the house, the pandemic, and not living near family, it’s been tough to get out of the house and have a date like regular people lately. And by tough, I mean impossible 😂. Our last date was back in January, and since then, we’ve pretty much been confined to […]
5 Surprising Benefits of Staying At Home
Whether by choice or not, a lot of folks have been spending more time at home these days. And from what I can tell, it seems there’s a lot to love, and some things most folks could do without. For me, since making the decision to transition from working as a physician to becoming a […]
This Marriage Thing Isn’t Easy
I think we need counseling.” That was all I could think to say. DJ and I had gone back and forth for almost an hour, arguing about our differences in opinion on the one thing we tend to disagree about most—parenting. Since the birth of our first child, this has been a place that we’ve […]
Micah Turns 3!
The young man who started it all hit another big milestone this week–he turned three-years-old! Birthdays are always a good opportunity for reflection, and looking back at where life has taken us since Micah’s birth—from medicine to mommying, from Illinois to North Carolina, from one to two kids—I can only thank God for it all. […]
The Time We Posed as Well-to-Doers: How I Structure My Two-Year-Old’s Learning
Make sure you’re dressed nicely. We don’t want them to think we’re just posers,” I said to my husband jokingly. Although, that’s exactly what we were 😜. DJ and I were getting dressed to head to one of the best learning academies in a very well-to-do neighborhood of the Chicagoland area. Our goal? To scope […]
A Day in the Life
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve written an update on what our day-to-day looks like, so, I figured with this post, I’d do exactly that! Since having Ella, things have obviously changed some, so here’s a little bit of what we’re up to now. We start everyday at exactly 7 AM– but that’s not […]
A Tale of Two Children: Our Transition to Life with Two
On January 21st, we welcomed our precious baby girl, Elizabeth Ella Grace (or Ella, as we call her), into the world. Life since then has been full of more love, joy, and happiness than ever before! As I mentioned in one of my last posts before the baby, my plan was to take a short […]