One of the themes of the last few months has been stuff – the physical items with which we surround…
When Parenting Meets Travelling
When we told friends and family that we would be travelling through Costa Rica for the last two months of…
Parenting Hack: Thing It/Unthing It
I was sitting around chatting with a group of moms the other day. One friend mentioned that her son was…
How Did I Become A Single-Issue Voter?
I returned to my hometown in Michigan this week to visit and introduce my grandparents to my newborn son, Hawk.…
Welcome Hawk! (A Birth Story)
One month ago, Hugh Archer Whipple Callahan came into the world. Our little man was originally due on September 6th,…
The Second Time Around
What has been most notable about this second pregnancy is how different it feels from the first. The first time…
Love It And Let It Go
Since holding the first printed copies of my book, Indispensable, in my hand, the idea that it is published has…
Today’s Resistance: Choose Love Over Fear
Two weeks ago, the Callahans embarked on a ‘near-shore’ adventure — a long weekend in Montreal to meet up with friends, dine…
What I Learned In The Ten Years It Took To Publish My First Book
I wrote my first version of Indispensable nearly ten years ago, over the early part of 2008. Later that year,…
The Poetry Flip
It’s rare that I sit down to write and poetry comes out. In many ways, prose is more aligned with…
The Intentional 