Essays + Narratives

Spent and sunburned, my husband and I drove our two sandy, salty toddlers home from our annual family beach trip. My mind busied itself with things that needed to be done, from ordering groceries to washing beach towels to picking up our mail from the neighbors. “Want to stop at that new ice cream shop?” […]

I wish I could cry.  At this moment, with stress bearing down on me as if I am Atlas holding up the world, I wish I could release some of the pressure trapped in my tear ducts. I used to cry at the drop of a pin; all it took was a sappy movie or […]

March 2017: Washington, DC Spring has arrived in Washington, DC with cherry blossoms, pink and plump as cumulous clouds. Puffs of petals appear painted around the Tidal Basin, and the city swarms with tourists. After seven springs in Washington, peak cherry blossom week has not lost its allure. Married to a military physician, I don’t […]

We’re kicking off a new series, “How to Be Whole: a Holistic Approach to Being Human,” and over the next several weeks, we’ll be diving deep into four categories of wholeness: physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual. We’ll talk through the ways these are all interconnected and why how we were designed as beings made of […]

The steady slap of the windshield wipers lulls me into a trance as we drive away from the only home I’ve ever known. Tears trickle down my face, leaving hot and sticky trails in their wake. I quickly brush them away, looking around the cramped car to see if anyone has noticed. Feelings aren’t entirely […]

On Episode 37 of the She is Kindred Podcast, Britt talks with Dr. Sarah Meyer about the pursuit of perfection and more importantly, the pursuit of grace. While discussing her own journey, including struggles with postpartum depression and anxiety, she explains how she came to realize that there is no such thing as perfect and […]