Despite what the title might seem to insinuate, Date Night over the 7 years of our marriage has come to signify so much more than romance. Maybe we’re just not great multi-taskers but it really does take some serious one on one time for these two crazies to connect. Without a regular date, our […]
So, my husband and I did a thing. We flew to Honduras for a Medical Brigade through a Christian non-profit called HOPE Worldwide. Super honesty time- I was not excited before we left. My stomach was in anxious knots about leaving my daughter for 5-ish days. I was way too stressed about getting Zika and […]
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I see you. I see you waking up in the middle of the night. I see you cleaning up that puke over here and dosing out tylenol over there. I see you buckling all those kids into the car. Fighting battles day in and day out … to get homework done, enough sleep, fights […]
I heard her screaming as I slowly opened the back door – our 1-year-old currently unimpressed with the idea of bedtime. It was 10 pm Thursday and clearly her dad was reinforcing the “cry it out method.” I went into mom-mode, quickly slipped off my Adidas sneakers, took off my blazer and hustled up the […]
I get the impression a lot that many of you think you don’t know what you’re doing with this mothering gig. I also often hear that many people think that I’m some kind of expert, judged solely on the basis that I have six kids. I thought it might be beneficial if you could hear […]
Each Christmas we buy/receive a few gifts that end up being a bit of a disappointment, but there are always some amazing winners. Here are the best ones for this year: Build-a-Beat Stacker Ages 1-3 I’ll admit, we actually got this in July for our 1 year old, but this toy has been really […]
At the start of the year, instead of making the traditional New Year’s resolutions, I choose to focus on the word “balance”. I saw this idea popping up on Facebook and thought it might be a way to challenge myself but also, well, focus on myself. After years of setting unattainable goals or resolutions, I […]
My mom died 10 years ago on December 20th. It’s the longest night of the year and I can promise it was the darkest time in my life. She was my confidant, my travel buddy, my adviser, my go-to for almost all things, my best friend. And then, she wasn’t. She had an irregular blood […]
Melancholy. Feeling blue. Despondency. Overwhelm. I wasn’t diagnosed with clinical depression until well into adulthood, but thankfully, I had by then found some small ways of coping. One of these is my Happy Little Things. Call it gratitude, thankfulness, looking for the silver lining, or just learning to stay positive. Whatever name it goes by, […]
The Vicious Jawbreaker The other day, my friend and I were sitting at my dining room table, companionably working on our laptops. My daughter was sitting in the other room, reading. AND licking a giant jawbreaker. I silently endured the quiet mouth noises as long as possible, because I hate “putting my stuff” on my […]
A little over a year ago we had our fourth (and final) boy and I was reflecting on the most useful items we’ve had along the way. Here are my best gift ideas, or the must-haves of motherhood: Glow-in-the-dark pacifiers. Why why why did I not think of these myself? I could retire on the brilliance […]
