Tag: parenting
We Are Officially Outnumbered: The Silver Lining as a Mom of...
I always knew, deep in my heart, that I wanted three children, but we were in no rush to make that decision. However, destiny...
Patience: The Double Standard of Parenting
Several times a day I want to scream at the very top of my lungs for my son to please just BE PATIENT. At...
My Phrase for 2016: “Make It Count”
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." —Annie Dillard
The baby had gone down with relative ease; I'd just...
10 Things I Learned as a New Stay-at-Home Mom
My January of 2015 started out with a bang. Three months into my new job as an Investment Reporting Manager, I was called into...
Parenting Now and How I Hope My Son Remembers Me
My son is soon to be three years old. Where has the time gone? The days of his little rolly polly baby body are...
Unfollow, Unfriend, Block: The People I’m Letting Go This Year
Okay, I know, I'm pretty sure the last three posts I've written have been about either things that annoy me, things I refuse to...
Marriage, Kids, and Keeping the Flame Alive Through Travel
Recently, my husband and I returned home from our first solo vacation since having our son 14 months ago. We spent 10 days exploring...
Helping Your Older Children Deal With Death
I am going to warn you now that this is not a “feel-good”, happy Mom post. This is about a very difficult side of...
To the Single Mom: You Are Enough
When the realization hit that I was going to be a single mom, I quickly feared my son's life would somehow fall short of...
One Foot in the Ether: My Toddler’s Journey to Faith
My husband and I aren't particularly religious. We don't go to church and we rarely refer to God in our home. If anything, we...
What NOT to Say to a New Mom
Sometimes in life, you come across those people that just have no filter. You know, the ones who suffer from "diarrhea of the mouth"...
Gifts from Santa: Can We Tone It Down A Bit?
With the holidays quickly approaching, my newsfeed has been riddled with article after article about why people are going to let go of the...
4 White Lies I Tell My Kid to Keep the Peace
There’s been this thing floating around Facebook recently – something like, ‘Lies Our Parents Used to Tell Us’. And man, seeing this totally hit...
Teaching Our Children About Kindness
I love our neighborhood. The families are friendly and the yards are always full of children playing football, jumping on the trampoline or running...