Dear Elli, It's been awhile.  I've been busy okay?  Don't judge me.  Your schedule is more dynamic than Kim K's, and I'm just trying to...

Dear Elli, We dropped you off at summer camp today.  Your first ever weeklong summer camp experience.  It was the most torturous...

Dear Elli, Yesterday, we had the birds and bees conversation. Why do they even call it that?  I have no idea how sex relates in any...

Dear Elli, First of all, Happy Easter! We had a great day with our family, as usual.  Everyone was there (except Grandpa Mike because he...

Dear Elli, I woke up this morning with the urge to write.  I have about a million things I'd like to say, and I honestly have no idea...

Dear Elli, Your dad and I just got back from an adults only vacation in Mexico, and it was totally freaking awesome.  We went with Cousin...

Dear Elli, This is my third letter to you this year.  I'm serious.  I wrote 25 letters in 2016, and 3 in 2017.  I've done a really shitty...

Dear Elli, Change is really hard.  Like REALLY FREAKING hard.  Seriously. You know what I did this week?  I'm gonna tell you what I did....

Dear Elli, I had a really tough day today.  It's my birthday, too, which is a total pisser. My day ended with a situation that injured my...

Dear Elli, Donald Trump is our next President.  I honestly never thought I would utter those words. I've spent the last four days feeling...

T'was the night before the election, and all through the house, Mommy and Daddy were fighting. One of them will likely end up on the...

Dear Elli, I realized today that tons of my letters discuss qualities that I believe are essential for success.  Those qualities that I...

Dear Elli, You're dealing with mean girls this year at school.  Really shitty little human beings.  And every tear you shed is breaking...

Dear Elli, Let me tell you about my friend, Mickey. Mickey celebrated 30 years of service today at Westfield.  She is a damn fine...

Dear Elli, I work a lot.  And sometimes, I'm gone a lot.  My work is a great source of pride for me, and it's a great source of guilt for...

Dear Elli, This is an election year.  Three months from now, we're going to know who our next President will be.  Isn't that...

Dear Elli, Today, we celebrated my parents' birthdays.  Their birthdays are only four days apart, so we celebrated both of them tonight. ...

Dear Elli, Today was a bad day.  We all have those days sometimes. My Spotify playlist was totally whack on my way to work.  My stomach...

Dear Elli, Today you are seven years old. When I started writing these letters, you were only three.  Back then, it seemed you would...

Dear Elli, I've lost four pounds in the last two weeks.  I've done this because I'm utterly terrified, not because I'm cutting calories...