Highly recommend Sunny Quebec City Photographer – did a wonderful job with extended family for my tiny one’s first birthday
It’s 2026. We just finished one of our “last hurrahs” in Colorado by venturing out to Silverthorne and checking out the Ice Castles. Between adventuring and musing about our move back to the east coast, I was doing what I always do: documenting a lot of moments via my Instagram Stories.
Once we got home, my astute four-year-old asked to see “my stories.”
That was the final straw. It’s one thing to have a posting habit (or, let’s be honest, an addiction); it’s another to realize your child views their own life through your phone screen. I want to teach my sons what real stories are—the ones that aren’t cropped, filtered, or performative. For those of you who do follow – notice I did not have any Ice Castle stories (big pat on my back!)
The Existential Crisis of 2025
This shift has been a year in the making. I spent 2025 deep-diving into The Anxious Generation, YouTube “tech-exits,” and reading about challenging the norm especially when so many are questioning what was the American Dream. I went through a full-blown crisis: Should we move to Europe? Should we go full Captain Fantastic and live off the grid? Should I use my US citizenship to become a world-traveling tour guide like I envisioned in 3rd grade while it still means something?
The Reality Check
The catch? I spent the last 15 years training to be a board-certified anesthesiologist. As it turns out, “Big Girl Attending” skills don’t always translate instantly to other countries. For the first time in my career, I finally have some breathing room—and I don’t want to fill it with doom-scrolling and online shopping in the operating room.
What This Space Is For
This blog is my outlet. It’s where I’m grappling with the “trenches of toddlerhood,” navigating a career that brings me joy, and trying to find myself again in the midst of the daily routine (and yes, that definitely includes vacation because that is life).
I’m here to talk about:
Medicine: The view from the head of the bed (and yes, occasional venting about my surgical colleagues that I have the utmost respect for).
Mothering: Raising humans in an AI-heavy and data-driven world. Here’s to hoping I can give them dopamine hits from travel and nature.
Travel: Taking my home (AKA family) around the world to explore other cultures and learn what they are doing best to cultivate our own. It’s not always pretty with two growing toddlers, but it keeps me going.
Thanks for being here.
P.S. I give zero medical advice.
