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Hi, I’m Emily. I’m a musician, I work in radio, and I’m also a wife and mom. My husband and I have 2 boys, ages 2 and 5 weeks. We are incredibly fortunate to have bought our first home together before the market went nuts in our town, and we also live close to most of our immediate family—we’re Midwesterners, although both my husband and I have lived in other places as well. I love my family and I’m sure I will write about them all, especially our crazy mundane adventures.

I’m a clarinetist who has performed and taught music in a lot of places, and it’s allowed me to see many parts of the world. I’m currently using that background as the music director for a classical radio station. It’s a job I sort of fell in to, but it ended up being exactly what I needed—more on that will likely come too. I have 4 advanced degrees: bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate in music performance, and a master’s degree in public administration. Mostly that means I went to school for far too long and I have student debt. And I deal with depression, anxiety, and PTSD. I have my good days and my bad days and am grateful to have a (mostly) patient husband and a good therapist. Writing is one of the ways I process events and how I feel about them...so here we are :)

This blog is about me coping with this life: work, family, marriage, mental health, but also cooking, enjoying my garden, what cool things my kids did today, which books and TV I've enjoyed lately, and probably at some point some sociopolitical musings. I’m a work in progress, like most of us I think, and I hope sharing my thoughts as I navigate my life may help some of you clarify yours as you figure out your lives. Or at least help you feel that you’re not alone, and you’re not the only one who’s holding things together with your fingernails some days!