Archive - Smile and Nod

How to be your best Auntie self

Why Aunting needs some commotion and a few brief thoughts of my own about social media

Mar 13 •

October 2024

Airlines don't like lap babies

Even on their birthdays

Oct 31, 2024 •

September 2024

My five-year-old poetry project

that fizzled but was still fun plus some gifts and recs

Sep 15, 2024 •

All the quotes I saved this year

and thoughts on turning 30

Sep 8, 2024 •

A love letter to Lily

and how we went on her family's camping trip without her

Sep 2, 2024 •

August 2024

Are you having any fun?

I've asked myself this very question a hundred times this summer

Aug 8, 2024 •

July 2024

There are at least two ways to clean...

... if you're going to do it yourself, that is

Jul 3, 2024 •

9:41

June 2024

That's right! It's a baby, see!

the hospital was nightmarish, the home birth was surreal. either way, my kids are the best thing to ever happen to me

Jun 27, 2024 •

31:02

Where, when, how long to read

or listen or go to therapy or do none or all of the above

Jun 18, 2024 •

13:28

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

a roundup of personal realizations

Jun 11, 2024 •

Lions, kings and the spoons that were exclusively available in a Miami Walmart (not really)

End-of-May identity muse plus a few photos

Jun 2, 2024 •

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