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Randomness ‘Round Here
It’s Friday… We made it. Another week. This is one I am glad to have worked through…and I’m grateful that it is no longer Monday, or Tuesday, or Wednesday for that matter. I have absolutely nothing...
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Learning To Be At Home
“I am pretty sure I am not cut out for this. I am not doing this wife/stay at home mom thing very well. I am failing all over the place,” I said to my relatively new friend, through tears, in her...
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A Day In Our Life – School
A day in our life can bring many things. This week (because so many of you have asked for it – be careful what you wish for people!), I want to tell you a little about what our day to day actually...
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How To Survive Survival Mode
It feels like a whole lotta nothing, but clearly something has been going on here these days. It’s been a whole lotta let’s try to get you to take this medicine before we take this medicine. And a...
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My Love-Hate Relationship With Screen Time
This week is “Screen-Free” week. Or around here, “Feel Like A Bad Mom” week. When I think about the amount of time my children spend on screens, my head hurts. The guilt. The assurance that I am...
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Fear vs. Faith and Motherhood
I looked at my child, smiling and joyful, and tried to not panic as he climbed two stories up the rock wall. Rock climbing camp and my youngest son make a great team…as long as I avert my eyes and...
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The Definition of Insanity and Motherhood
My first serious boss, at my first serious job, used to repeat it over and over. It was a mantra to try new approaches, to work harder, to get the job done. A few years later, when I was now the...
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What No One Told Me About Being A Stay At Home Mom
Being a working mom was HARD. Like for realz. Working outside the home in an executive level, management position meant every single day felt like a mad dash to achieve, perform, manage, and mother –...
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What Will My Children Say About Me When They Are Grown?
My husband and I had a cup of coffee together this morning. Both boys were up half the night. The only advantage of this, is that they slept in and we were able to steal some precious morning moments...
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Living In Survival Mode
It feels like a whole lotta nothing, but clearly something has been going on here these days. It’s been a whole lotta let’s try to get you to take this medicine before we take this medicine. And a...
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When You’re Not The Mom You Want To Be
I have not been the mom I want to be today…not at all. I am so tired. I am increasingly resentful of all the care my children require. I am overwhelmed by a week that seems like it Just. Won’t. End. It...
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