Weekend favorites: September 4-7

I'm cooking up a few big things this fall, including the official launch of my freelance company. I'm working on the web site now, and will keep you posted when it's live. In the meantime, I have created a public Instagram site featuring things I love. Please follow along at this link.

The lovely Sarah Bagley asked me to join her on a podcast this summer, and it aired last week. I really enjoyed talking to Sarah, a mom and recovering perfectionist, like me. Take a listen here.

In case you missed it, I was featured at SheBuysCars last week with my first review for them. I had a chance to test drive the Tesla P85D, and I fell in love with it for a lot of reasons. I am thrilled to work with them, since I have a passion for all things automotive.

Also, I'm on the Today Show Parenting Team site with a post called "Happy Do-Nothing Day" with their "Get Happy" theme. Since we had a day this weekend in which we stayed in our pajamas well past noon, we are definitely living this. 

Just today, I found out that one of my essays will be included in the next HerStories anthology! This one is called "So Glad They Told Me" and will be published in 2016.

Last, but not least, I have an original post coming up on Mom Babble this week. Jennifer and Mary Katherine are wonderful editors, and I'm excited to be a guest writer on their page. Stay tuned.

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And now for some of my favorite posts for the week:

Nancy Davis Kho is brilliant and funny, and this post sums up a certain current event with her own brand of wit.

Need a good cry? Start here with this post. It's a 5-tissue alarm and heartbreaking, but beautifully written. It's worth the crying.

On that note, my little boy just turned 6, and Allison Slater Tate nailed the age we just left behind with this poignant essay about 5.

We have a brand-new Woom bike, and it's gorgeous. I'm still working on getting my son to learn how to ride a two-wheeler, but I knew we'll get there. In the meantime, Sarah discusses her husband's love and reverence for the bike, and the journey with her son Miles.

Bringing up racism with your children can feel awkward and difficult, but it's very important. This story at The Washington Post will illustrate exactly why.

This essay by Liv by Surprise at Scary Mommy made me want to call my mom. Right now. And I'm wondering what my son will remember, too. 

Jasmine is strong, beautiful, and fierce. This essay caught my breath at the very end. We should all know that our wings are always there and we can fly on our own.

My son is allergic to eggs, so I really appreciated this post from a mom of a peanut-allergic child. It's a scary world when your kid has a food allergy.

Keely is one of my favorite people - I met her in Chicago at BlogHer in 2013 - and she hits the nail on the head in this post as her oldest child heads off to kindergarten.

My Listen To Your Mother partner Leigh Ann Torres is a funny, funny woman, but when she posts something sweet and sentimental like this, I stop in my tracks. Her girls are adorable, and their personality (and Leigh Ann's) shines through here.

Love,
Kristin