Tag: parenting
Tired Of Mothering? Get Them A Haircut.
While I love my children more than I can express, I find parenting exhausting most days. I love being their mom, but I don’t...
Preschool Scaries
At a family reunion this summer, my cousin, whom I hadn't seen in ten years, asked if my daughter was in preschool. And she...
Learning To Love The Messiness Of Childhood Play
My mother was a four-year-old preschool teacher for many years. And not just any teacher, the kind of teacher every child should experience at...
Five Tips for Budget-Friendly Kid’s Birthday Parties
I love to plan my kids’ birthday parties. I love writing pun-filled invitations, picking out themed menu items, and coming up with cute decorations....
Why Words Matter: My Negative Experience with a PE Teacher
I moved to Indiana when I was in sixth grade. I moved to a school where 6th grade was the highest grade, and the...
It’s Okay To Be A Cat Person
I love my cats. The worst part about having cats is how hard people judge you for having them. I’m here to tell you...
Tragedy, I See You
I sat down to write about something else this morning. Something that now seems embarrassingly trivial and petty and ultimately inconsequential. But, like tragedy...
Patterns And Routines That Keep Us Sane
We've all been there. Drowning in chaos, over-committed, and overworked. My family and I found ourselves in a season like that. For weeks we...
It’s Emotional Intelligence Month: The Case for Social Emotional Learning in...
What do you think about when you think about a good leader? Or a good friend? I'll name a few characteristics that come to...
Creating Fall Traditions As A Family
I love the idea of creating special traditions as a family. Creating traditions brings a rhythm to our lives. Traditions anchor our kids’ childhoods...
Moving From Mommy to Mom
“Hey, mom!” Such a simple phrase, one I’ve heard probably thousands of times before. But this one took my breath away. It hit me...
The Great Sleepover Debate
Rabbit holes. We've all been down them in the parenting world. Especially the social media kind with their twists and turns, comment feeds, and...
The First Trimester: A Silent Suffering
I forgot how lonely the first trimester is. It's a silent suffering. Those first few weeks and months are exciting; there's so much joy...
MOPS: The Lifeline I Didn’t Know I Needed
In 2016 we packed up our belongings, sold our house, and moved across the country to Arizona for a job opportunity for my husband....