Tag: motherhood

Bribe my kids? Yeah, I never thought I'd do it, either. But, in the hustle and bustle world in which I live, there is...

I am overly overwhelmed with life right now. I feel like I’m in the middle of the most crowded pool you could imagine, struggling...

In the past year, my life has been forever, wholly, amazingly changed. In the past year, I've cried more tears than in the previous ten...

Despite how noticeable we are, it's easy to feel invisible.  But today someone saw me, and it's changing the way I see others. It's changing...

I don’t have the easiest life, emotionally speaking. There are a lot of, let’s just say, “issues” spread out among the eight people who...

“It looks just like a museum!” I exclaimed to Jeff, his face shining back at me with the same expression of amused delight. Every...

There are many times in my life when I get to the end of a day, and I look at myself in the mirror,...

I remember when my husband and I were registering in advance of our son's birth and wondering what baby toys we should add to...

A little less than 3 years ago, my husband and I decided that we were ready to start a family. I came off birth...

I think there's this general perception that, like Pam said, "motherhood makes you so soft." And in some ways it's true. I'm not a big...

This is the second post in a series about reducing stress at home. Before I dive into all of these great ideas and “Time saving...

As I stumble through my life every day, I look around and my mind starts to wander, wander to a fantasy world where some...

As moms, I believe we all have a list of things that come along with the title that we could ditch. Your list may...

I often describe parenting a spirited toddler as "eighty percent stress and twenty percent more joy, love, and happiness than I ever thought possible."...