Something about 2020 has us more aware of the celebratory non-calendar-official holiday days.
Recently, it was World Mental Health Day. I believe more people were aware of it this year because mental health has become less of a hush-hush issue...
Your day is busy, right? You're cleaning, playing with the children, and making so many different lunch and dinners that it just leads to more cleaning.
Stay at home mom life is hard. It's hard work that it is stereotyped...
I've seen the posts on Facebook in the various mom's groups—someone looking for a friend—women reaching out to find a person with like interests, similar values, and in a similar stage of life to share life.
I've expressed interest in...
So, let's say I had a grandmother who was chronically early. Christmas dinner started at noon; she would be there at 10 am. This was always a little running joke. Just like the jokes, earliness has trickled on down...
So far, the year 2020 has been rough. We still have three months left in what could quickly go down as the worst series of unfortunate events to occur in a single calendar year, at least in my lifetime!...
I have always had bad luck when it comes to tires. I'm usually an optimistic person. I look for rainbows and wear rose-colored glasses (or so I've been told). But I have bad luck with tires. I purchase road...
Have you ever been so scared of change that you just choose not to do anything about it? That was me when it came down to having kids and a career.
I was made to be a mom, but I...
My oldest still talks about the time I didn’t go on her field trip. And how that really let her down. How >>I<< had really let her down. And I know I can’t explain to her the reasons why...
Last night, I was up enjoying the silence while my boys were asleep and scrolling through Instagram and saw an image that brought a familiar chill through my body. Suddenly, guilt and grief from 12 years ago crept from...
I was always afraid of having a girl.
Every. Single. Time. When I got pregnant, I would tell myself that God knew better. He knew how inadequate and under-qualified I felt when it came to the idea of raising girls....