It’s hard to believe that it’s already June. Ten years ago this month, I had just given birth to my second child. My older daughter was four, and I thought—naively—that I had parenting figured out. But when my son was born, while everyone around me celebrated and congratulated me on the birth of another healthy child, I grieved. I grieved the loss of my old self—the parent who could give all of my attention to one child, the person who had already made it through the infant and toddler...

“So what are we supposed to DO about everything, mama?” The question caught me off guard. My 14-year-old daughter and I were driving home after a long day — school, work, medical appointments, the usual shuffle. Our conversation drifted from classes to her brother’s upcoming medical tests to the general state of the world. It was safe to say we were both sitting in overwhelm. I reached for my standard response:“We’ll be okay. We just have to take it one day at a time.” Without missing...

Did you know Cypress has a mascot—and it’s not a Cypress tree? It’s actually a Money Tree ( Pachira Aquatica ) that once lived in the...