Parenthood

Motherhood. What a ride, am I right? As soon as they put that tiny 8 pound 2 oz bundle of squirmy joy on your chest after many hours of pushing (in my case), your life is forever and ever...

Forget for just a few minutes that it's hot as Hades out there and let me remind you that it's actually time to be working on your fall garden! Now, if you are a pro, you probably won't need...

Whether you are new to town or have been here your whole life, you probably know that we are coming into a time of year that is a big deal around here: Football Season!  Whether it’s youth football leagues,...

  Tips For Keeping Your Kids Healthy This Fall As a mom, keeping our kids healthy is the goal. When Fall rolls around each year and we eat a little more sugar, spend a little less time outside, get back to...

Every year in the fall I make time for 1 thing: Photos for the holiday card. Our family does New Year's cards (mostly because I can't ever manage to get Christmas cards out in time). But I still try to...

Are you weary mama? I am coming out of a very weary season. I have realized that I am a highly sensitive introvert. And I homeschool our five children. So, the needed quiet spaces of my life are nearly...

*trigger warning: pregnancy loss* The first time I had to teach my child about grieving we were in an OBGYNs office. I had just learned that we couldn't find a heartbeat during a sonogram of our second child and in...

Ah, August. The heat is so oppressive that after five minutes outside you need a shower, “Named” storms start popping up, and THE KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.  Admittedly, it’s school that makes some of the most lasting impressions...

WooHoo! It’s that time of year again. Our mailboxes are bursting with back to school info and Target looks like a hurricane came through. Kids are picking out their first day of school outfits and complaining that we won’t...

I saw a meme that hit me hard. It said, “Fourth of July is over. It’s time to get your back to school supplies, and Halloween costumes, and Thanksgiving menus, and Christmas shopping done now, because it’s basically 2023....

Covid-19 brought us all so much frustration, but maybe some new opportunities as well. I am just a normal mom of three who loves her lunches with girl friends, quick pop ins to Anthropology and Target, and my weekly...

Several years ago I started working at a local boutique. The owner was one of my good friends and asked if I would maybe want to work one day a week to both help her out and get out...

I don't love to cook. There I said it.  It's actually one of the things I dislike the most about my mom gig. I'd rather do the clean up than the cooking. I grew up with a single working mother...

SUMMER! It's finally here and we have such high hopes for grilling, chilling, beaching, ALL of it! We believe in living intentionally, but we also know that over the summer, that's not always simple. It's all too easy to fall...