It’s all so new and different. My office is no longer in a cozy cube across from my coworker, now it’s in my bedroom’s cozy nook. My comfy mama space has been replaced with a chair and small desk. I can’t just call out to my coworkers, instead I have to literally call them…like on a phone, or ZOOM. It…
It’s easy to run out of things to do when all of your favorite toddler-friendly places aren’t quite safe yet. They days can feel extra long when your creative ideation stops at, “feed them breakfast.” Trust me, I’ve been there, so I decided to jump into my Toys “R” Us mindset and think like a kid. I researched and paid…
Is it me or is the exhaustion level much higher by the end of the day? I was talking with a few friends about how I couldn’t quite figure out what I needed in the midst of the constant pull to pour out and provide for my husband and kiddos. I’m beginning to realize that my exhaustion is less energy…
In the last three months I’ve lost three people I love. All varying degrees of closeness but the one thing they all sum up to is grief. Heart-wrenching, bottom-belly sobbing, unavoidable grief. And do you know what’s extremely difficult to do when raising toddlers? Grieving. Parenting has a way of monopolizing opportunities to care for your own needs if you…
When we went cold-turkey in paci-town for both boys (all prayer offerings were so needed), in the midst of their tiny tears I realized it was their first real experience with grief. My husband and I had been talking about getting rid of paci’s for months so once we got home from a family trip to Orlando (cuz ain’t nobody…
There were so many really amazing experiences with growing a little person in my tummy BUT there were also a ton of weirdness that I was so unaware of and unprepared for. I figured I would share some of my weird/embarrassing things with you in hopes that you will be a bit more informed and hopefully bring some laughter to…
My toddler has started preschool! It feels like it was just yesterday that I was chasing stories with a growing belly in Washington State. I realized as I watched my son explore his new classroom that I needed to embrace this season. After all… it’s temporary. “To everything there is a season, A tie for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJV)…
I’d had a dream the night before that we would lose him. I prayed he’d stay with me. “Don’t you leave mommy. Stay with mommy, okay baby? I’ll do whatever it takes, just stay with mommy,” I whispered while standing in the mirror, rubbing my small belly. The cramping hadn’t really stopped but it wasn’t as intense. I had no…
About 6 or 7 years ago one of my very best friends bought me a hat… and a dress. A lovely dress that didn’t fit, lol. It seemed to have a good spot to put a belly, specifically a baby belly, which I didn’t have nor did I truly believe I ever would. During the time I received this little…
There’s nothing worse than having sick littles….actually, correction, there’s nothing worse than having sick littles and not being able to help them. My two boys just got over yucky colds and it was a doozy for them and this mama’s heart. BUT through all of the runny noses and fevers, I’ve established a faithful my-babies-are-sick kit that helps ease their…