Tag: parenting
“Ask Before You Touch”: Raising Kids To Understand Consent
Recently I was reading an article a mom wrote about her family rules. Some of the rules were pretty standard: clean up after yourself, finish your...
Maintaining Marital Balance With Kids, Bills, and Life
This past November, my husband and I had the pleasure of attending a marriage conference in Louisville, Kentucky, hosted by New Birth Ministry Center....
Don’t Feel Bad; I Love Staying Home
I am a stay-at-home mom, and I'm not ashamed to say that I love it. I don’t miss working. I don’t miss answering to...
Surviving and Thriving with a Special Needs Child
A happy, easy baby: that's what our daughter Lauren was from the time she was born. She nursed and napped often and easily and...
St. Patrick’s Day: Before Kids Vs. After
It's no secret that life changes drastically when you have kids, but perhaps one of the biggest changes is how you celebrate certain holidays,...
Can We Please Stop Sick-Shaming Parents?
I'm sitting here trying to write this between hacking cough sessions and trips to check on my son and husband. You guessed it, we...
A Mom’s Guide to Surviving Childhood Surgery
I am no doctor.
But I am a mama and I have experienced childhood surgery first hand. I can't tell you how to parent, and...
I Am A Bad Mom…According to Social Media
I was born an extreme worrier. I used to make myself sick over things: if my parents didn't pick me up right on time...
6 Reasons I’m Glad I Waited to Have Kids
I had my first child at 28, and am pregnant with my second at 35. There were many reasons I decided to wait to...
In Defense of #boymom
I want to begin by saying that I believe in my heart of all hearts that a strive for gender equality must be a...
Things I Thought I’d Never Do: Food Edition
Before I became a parent, I had the list: the things I said I won't do when I become a parent list. Nowadays, that list is...
Motherhood from the Other Side: Parenting Adult Children
Last week, my oldest son turned 21. Gasp! No! It can’t be! It’s hard to believe that my children are, one by one, turning...
I am not the primary parent. And that’s okay.
My husband recently took our nine-month-old daughter along on some errands. They picked up dog food, went to the grocery store, and stopped by a...
The Struggle That Is Parenting Threenagers
It usually starts like this. A relatively calm, happy evening. My three-year-old son and I discuss our days: what we did, how we missed...