We stay-at-home moms know we are blessed to be home with our littles, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t faced with the challenge of not just surviving—but actually thriving—while surrounded by cracker crumbs
If you’ve been reading here for any length of time you may have picked up that I’m a bit passionate about encouraging moms – especially new moms and moms of
The amount of new and expecting moms that email me for advice sometimes makes me embarrassed. At minimum it makes me shake my head a little and chuckle. I suppose
Sometimes you think the waters are calm and still and then you blink and the storm clouds have rolled in and you find yourself trapped by your own anchor, hanging
I wanted to write something beautiful and meaningful for Mother’s Day this year. I certainly have enough emotive material at the moment to work with: two gorgeous boys whom I
New life has been on my mind so much lately. No doubt that has something to do with being newly pregnant. (And learning about how we can generate new brain
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no
If you’ve been around this space for—oh—a nanosecond, well then you’d know that I’m all about empowering women. Especially new or struggling mamas. When author Megan Tietz (SortaCrunchy) invited me
He was an unruly little boy. Four-and-a-half and quite the handful. His mom called him things like “brat” and “annoying” and constantly whined about his whining. She threatened spankings
I had high expectations: We’d have twilight walks by the river. There would be blankets spread out on grassy hills under tall pines. Our shoulders would be golden from time
It’s been happening for almost nine months now. Slowly. Steadily. But lately the friendship between these two has become so, so obvious. Some days I think my eyes are
