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What’s Your Planning Style – From Kids to Pets
I feel like there are three distinct ways people generally go about the decision to have children.
In the first way, couples painstakingly plan and wait for what feels like the perfect time. They ensure...
She’s Not Just Yours Anymore
Children grow up. God willing, it’s what they do. As parents this can be difficult to watch, but sometimes it’s hard to figure out why. We want them to grow up and experience the...
A Love Letter To My Husband On Our Anniversary
I can remember being in high school and celebrating a six-month anniversary with my then-boyfriend. I recall thinking that six months was an incredibly long time to be dating someone. There was a sense...
Here’s to You, C-Section Mamas!
Did you know that April is C-section awareness month? I was, as they say, “today years old” when I learned that information despite having had not one, but two Cesareans.
My oldest child was...
When Your Child is Conceited
Thanks to the time machine that is Facebook Memories, I recently ran across a pointed rant I posted some six years ago. While there are so many posts I see that make me cringe...
Can I Really Go Back?
I can think of few things as scary as re-entering the workforce after having left a successful career many years ago.
Over the years I have often found myself referring to my previous career in...
Here’s to You, Gen Z!
So according to the TikTok generation, Millennials are, like, eww … so old. Which makes me, born on the edge of Gen X and the Millennial generation practically an ancient dinosaur. As a matter...
Mom Mentors and the Teen Years
If there is one thing we all know, it’s that babies don’t come with an instruction manual. Every child is different and while some books may be helpful as you navigate the infant and...
Balancing Grace and Grit
March 2020 marked one year since I’d started a long and arduous weight loss journey. It’s never been about being skinny so much as feeling good and showing a healthy example for my kids....
You Will Sleep Again…I Promise
Right now you’re in the trenches. The days are so long, and if a genie popped out of your coffee cup, your only wish would be more sleep. Blessed uninterrupted sleep. It feels like...
Too Young for Body Image Issues?
It seems as though there is no shortage of advice these days on the internet about any subject you could imagine. So why is it so hard to navigate the murky waters of body...
Hold On To The Magic … By Letting It Go
As moms, we tend to cling desperately to those magical years when Santa is real and a stuffed elf does anything but sit on a shelf. But our children grow older and we are...