Author: carisahatfield

“Watch out for the bus!!!” Carisa, my friend, travel buddy and founder of this awesome blog, squealed with fear, panic, and anything else you feel when you finally get the courage and means to travel abroad and you realize you might actually die in the process. We were turning out of the airport terminal in […]

Like many queer parents, I became a mother after years and years of planning for a baby. But then my entire world was turned upside down and absolutely nothing is as I thought it would be. My daughter was conceived with so much intention, love and dreams of a family. At least from my perspective. […]

I never wanted to be a mother. I went through my teenage years and then most of my twenties under the impression that motherhood just wasn’t for me. I had a lifestyle that really wasn’t conducive to having children and it wasn’t something I really had planned on changing. But a few months after I […]

Twenty-fourteen was supposed to be an amazing year. I was three years out of my MBA program, working in a prestigious marketing position on a national brand, and along with my husband, Joe, I was actively working on two other big life goals: having a baby and renovating a house. Looking back, perhaps we should […]

“Don’t tell your mother. This is our special bonding time.” These words were spoken to me by a man who, at one time, was my stepdad. Between the ages of 8 and 13, he molested me countless times. I can feel a knot in the pit of my stomach just writing that line. This is […]

I’ll be honest: I am afraid to lead. I don’t know many people who will say that out loud, but I’ve surely encountered my fair share of those whose behavior exhibit a fear of leadership. I can’t tell you their reasons, but this is mine. I am good at what I do. I don’t say […]

This summer will have been four years that I’ve been working for myself. Just in this past week, I secured coverage for my clients in NPR’s Weekend Edition, Eater, Food & Wine, Baltimore Magazine, etc. I’ve pitched marketing directors at Fortune 500 companies, and planned a 12 city tour. Some might say that I’ve made […]

I remember always knowing I wanted to be an entrepreneur. Every morning, my dad would get up at 5 or 5:30AM, watch the news, drink his coffee, and then get ready for his day. Every morning I would get up around 6AM, and set up my “shop”. My mom was a soap collector (that was […]

I have always convinced myself that I would never be as fulfilled in my friendships as I truly desired. I give a lot of myself to my friends because making other people happy makes me happy. In the past, they have let me down – they cancelled plans, weren’t always in the mood to go […]