Tag: motherhood

I've started writing this post a dozen times, and each time I've stopped because of three words I'm struggling to say out loud: I...

I consider myself lucky to have had a built-in best friend for life in my mom. I was born in 1988, the youngest child...

When my husband and I made the jump for me to stay home with our two kids full-time, with him as the sole income...

The end of 2025 felt heavy. Just too heavy. The holidays came and went, but unless you have tunnel vision, the world seemed to...

Every morning begins with a color-coded calendar and a schedule that blends sports practices, client meetings, IEP appointments, travel, and the demands of being...

I pull into the parking lot of the coffee shop. It’s a familiar view. It’s a local coffee shop and one of my favorites....

Motherhood has been, and will forever be, the greatest blessing and the greatest challenge I have endured in my life. After becoming a mom,...

Working mom. Stay-at-home mom. Work-from-home mom. Single mom. Adoptive mom. Step-mom. Co-parenting mom. Crunchy mom. Silky mom. Type-A mom. Type-B mom. If motherhood had a...

Every time I look at the random assortment of toys in my shower, I can’t help but smile. As my kids are getting older...

Children carry a quiet innocence—soft, unfiltered, untouched by the world. As parents, we orbit around that innocence, shielding it, shaping it, filling their days...

My husband planned a work trip the week before winter break. While I understood the purpose of the trip, the second he told me...

I recently went to visit my 93-year-old grandmother for a morning catch-up. Few places take me back to childhood like her home. The summers...

“Excuse me,” an older gentleman said to my husband as we exited a restaurant. “You really have great daughters there. I was watching you...

One night this past October, I was doing my usual routine of saying goodnight to all my kids. My oldest, my ten-year-old son, was...