lindsays
Lindsay, a newly-single mom, lives in Trumbull with her three crazy kids (girl – 2016, and boy-girl twins – 2020) and Harley, their Shih Tzu in her twilight years. Originally from the windy city of Chicago, Lindsay came out East in 2018 and has finally accepted it as her home. With a strong background in the hospitality industry, Lindsay decided to make a career change post-pandemic and is now in sales for assisted living communities. Outside of spending time with her young children and family, Lindsay enjoys volunteering for her children’s schools, meeting new friends, and trying new restaurants.
Creating Goals for the Next Decade
Goals. We hear about them all the time. New year goals, the beginning of the school year goals, career goals, and everything we want to accomplish by a certain deadline.
As I watched a milestone...
A Girls Trip: A Celebration of My 40th Trip Around the Sun
40 is the new 30? This sentence has continually replayed in my head since. The day after I turned 39, I started wanting the days to go backward, not forward. We all have a...
An Evolving Mother/Daughter Relationship
Mother/daughter relationships. They are by far the most unique of relationships that exist. My relationship with my mother is no different. It has certainly evolved over the years. We have had good and bad...
Postpartum Anxiety: Prioritizing Your Mental Health
Well before I even thought about becoming a mother, I heard the term 'post-partum depression.' In the 80s and 90s, post-partum depression was not too prevalent as it was rarely diagnosed and unfortunately not...
Forever Struggling with Weight
I cannot remember when I first began to struggle with being overweight. I recall being a 'bigger-boned' girl in late junior high and high school. I developed quicker than some of my peers, and...
Battling the Threenager
Before I had kids, I remember parents referencing the "terrible twos." Never really thinking much about it, I always chalked it up to young kids being difficult, and when I got to that phase...
Stop the Comparison
For as long as I can remember, I cared so much about how others perceived me. I am not the only one, but growing up with divorced parents made me highly sensitive to being...
The Midwesterner Takes on the Northeast: A Tale of Moving in Your 30s
Moving at any age can be challenging. Whether it is as a child or as an adult, it always comes with lots of anxiety and the fear of the unknown. All of these feelings...
Meet Lindsay: An Only Child Longing for a Large Family
Ever since I was a little girl, I remember longing to have that large family dynamic. My parents were divorced when I was very young, so for whatever reason, once they separated, they never...