Kristen Kehoe

Achille Island When I was twelve, I read Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts. It began a lifelong love affair, not only with romance and...

Fifteen years ago, a twenty-five-year-old Shitzy and thirty-five-year-old Old Man River said "I do" in a pretty magical wedding. And even...

Livvy-Love turned 12 yesterday. It was a little surreal, to be honest, like one day I am plodding along with my sweet girl who loves...

When I wrote the first three drafts of this post, it all equated to a big long story about how parenting is hard, and unlike Old Man...

When I was little, I loved figure skating. Like, legit had dreams about wearing one of those amazing outfits and having some stunning man...

A year ago, I sat down and decided that maybe my routine had become a rut. That what I thought of as consistency and a stable life was...

Life is unpredictable. Although this statement is obvious from the outside, there is some part of us that always believes we can make...

Perspective is something we cannot anticipate. We hear it all of the time—have some perspective. In my line of work, perspective is key...

Week 27 was going to be about saying yes to adventure—about leaving on adventures and reminding myself that it’s not a time for stress or...

First: ^^^I re-read that title and I think I should clarify: I’m late with my post, not my period. Apologies if that embarrasses you or...

This week was my first week of summer vacation and I have to admit, it was as slow as I dreamed it would be. We did play back-to-back...

This week was all about celebrations. We started with Liv promoting from 5th grade, and I've got to tell you, even in the million-degree...

The spring is kind of exhausting. Am I allowed to admit that? Well even if I'm not, I've done it. Also good to note: I've fallen asleep...

Oh, Old Man River. Happy freaking birthday. Also: I've been saving this photo since October. Nailed it. Right now, on the first day of...

This week, we started out fast and then got to just be. Most importantly, we got to celebrate Old Man River, who turns 49 tomorrow....

Week 21 found me running, people, all day every day, every damn way. Case in point: I'm just now, while I write this, watching the...

Week 20 brought us a lot: we had a middle school introduction night (holy crap), a softball scrimmage where Liv not only played first and...

Week 19 was a big one. Old Man River had approximately 9 billion night time activities, including 8th grade introduction night and two...

A few things to start off this real week 18: First, last week was apparently week 17, as evidenced by the previous post which literally...

This week found me eating Wendy's and cake on Thursday, spending Friday night in Death Valley (also known as the blacktop of the...