July Tips: Race (to Hit Word Count Goals), Rest & Rejuvenation

July Tips: Race (to Hit Word Count Goals), Rest & Rejuvenation

Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Our regular newsletter takes summer vacation in July (though you can still find me on Instagram on some #semiTogetherMom #bigblendedfamilyadventures with Dr. Together and Together Farmer and some Together Travel to Houston, New...
June Tips: Weeping, Wilderness, and Winging It

June Tips: Weeping, Wilderness, and Winging It

Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Out of necessity and somewhat by choice, I’ve been leaning into Maia-Winging-Things these days. Do you ever intentionally decide to just wing it? I know, I know, putting the words “intention” and “wing it” in the same sentence...

Together Tradeoffs: Using Togetherness to Make Choices

Occasionally, Togetherness gets a bit of a rep for being inflexible. But we believe the opposite around here. As you’ve heard me say before, “The more planned you are, the more flexible you can be!” (PS I’m thinking I should print this on a shirt! Would you wear that?...
Camp Maia: Otherwise Known as a Vacation with Six Children

Camp Maia: Otherwise Known as a Vacation with Six Children

Hi! I’m back! And after two weeks of much needed away-from-a-screen time, I’m here with you allllll summer long. Especially because I have only talked to Sadie the Spider for the past six days. For the past five years, I’ve roadtripped to my homeland in central...
When to Call It: I’ll Get It Together Tomorrow

When to Call It: I’ll Get It Together Tomorrow

As soon as the stick punctured R’s calf, I knew it would be a long night. The kids were happily skipping along a side street in Woodley Park en route to an evening of ice cream with my partner and his two children, when BOOM!, our plan was foiled by an ill-placed dead...
Pivot the Plan: Burrito Brawls and Back-to-School

Pivot the Plan: Burrito Brawls and Back-to-School

I don’t often use this space for personal posts, though I’ve tried my hand at it once or twice. Letting you all into my (sometimes not so) Together World is occasionally instructive, and it’s also good therapy for me, too. This week’s grand confession? My own two...