Managing family. The sweet and sentimental, the practices and the practical. Stories from my family to ours for our mama hearts.
Inside: Managing through a pandemic as a working parent is hard, but here’s the silver lining. The best way I can think of to describe this situation: We finally have time to stop and smell the dandelions. Strolling through the Dandelions Have you ever smelled a dandelion? Technically dandelions are weeds, so they don’t often…
Inside: A story about miscarriage, friendship, and feeling less alone. I was supposed to be in labor six years ago today. Instead, I woke up on February 10th in tears, then closed my eyes again wishing the day away. I was supposed to meet my first child six years ago today. But instead, I spent…
Inside: Funny bedtime memes for parents for when the nightly struggle gets real and you need some laughs! Bedtime with kids can feel impossibly hard and eternally exhausting. Sure, you can call up your friend during the bedtime struggle to cry “why won’t this child go to sleep???” but she is probably dealing with the…
My children were born fifteen months apart. Which for those you currently doing the math, means I was pregnant with my daughter when my son was just six months old. Now they are nearly five and three and a half and I’ve learned a lot about motherhood, sibling bonds, chaos, and love. It can most…
Dear Babysitter, Thank you. Thank you for watching our kids tonight. For making them smile, and for keeping them safe. This is the crux of your role, and you do it so well. However, I don’t think I’ve ever thanked you for something else. Something else that is also so important to my life, and…