It’s about this time of year that I start to rethink our meal planning rotation. Moms start passing around good recipes again, I’m ready for a few cozier meals and whatever we were eating all summer suddenly doesn’t sound quite as appealing. Honestly, summer dragged on for so long this year that we enlisted HelloFresh to help get us over the hump. Whether you use a meal planning service, cook a lot or a little, have tiny kids, big kids or no kids at home at all, this system works because it...

It’s bouquets-of-freshly-sharpened-pencils ✏️🍂 season. A friend told me she planned to wear a sweater tomorrow even though the temps have just barely dipped below 80. “It’s just time,” she said. And I couldn’t agree more. Sometimes fall isn’t quite the fall we pictured, whether we’re wearing sweaters while it’s still pushing 80 and our hot PSL is making us sweat, or the prayer that the school year would bring a little more structure and rhythm isn’t exactly panning out the way we’d hoped. The...

Spring is starting to show up here in Nashville — which means school calendars are filling up, sports seasons are kicking off, and many families are starting to think ahead to summer schedules. I’ve been having some great conversations recently with families navigating how their home support is evolving as life gets fuller. If someone in your life is feeling frustrated with their nanny, house manager, or other household support, feel free to pass my name along. I’d be glad to connect. Warmly,...