From the very beginning of our children’s lives, we are encouraging them to take the next step (literally and figuratively). Persuading our young babies...
Today he apologized for being sick and causing me to miss work. I had to think about that for a minute. What message am...
As the holiday season approaches and my child has moments of disrespect, I think to myself, “I should teach my daughter respect by teaching...
It's 7:45 on a Tuesday night. Tired from the work hustle, dinner scramble, and soccer practice, we're late on our bedtime routine. Our 4-year-old...
I think most of us can agree that the first trimester is the hardest of the three trimesters. Symptoms may include all-day nausea, food...
Ladies, mamas, why are we so hard on ourselves? Let me tell ya, I have learned some lessons over these last two years since...
The holidays are stressful for everyone. All the things need to be done, people are biding for your time, there are too many of...
My daughter is now almost 18 months, and we are in the throes of some pretty serious separation anxiety-I’m talking full-on tears, clinging, and...
Life is such a funny thing. With two babies under two and a half, I cannot tell you how many times I have heard...
On Saturday afternoons, if we have no plans, my son and husband usually take a long nap together on my son’s bedroom floor. They...
“You can do hard things” is a phrase I repeat daily as I encourage my oldest, a perfectionist, through his tears of frustration at...
Adoption is complicated, heartbreaking, life-changing, beautiful, tragic, and amazing. Three years after we adopted our youngest, I still feel all of these emotions every...
I hate those comments about how everything’s different after you have kids. “Kids change everything!” “Nothing will ever be the same!” “Oh, *that random...
World Kindness Day is Wednesday, November 13th. Since my son was born, I have tried to make kindness the norm in our household. Not so...
In + Around Indy
Thank You, Indiana Pacers
If you're like me, you're still numb from the Sunday night game on June 22nd. Still in shock over our Pacers. Still thinking you...
