Life has been a series of figurative and literal storms for my family. In the past two months, my mother-in-law lost her battle with cancer and we experienced the deepest grief we've ever known, I gave birth to our third son a few days after her funeral, and Hurricane Harvey ...
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When the Babies come before the House
I haven't been writing much lately, and I'm sorry for that. But the reason is a good one: on Halloween, we finally closed on a house(!!!) And life has been a whirlwind of moving and shopping and settling and keeping up with so much more square footage than I've ever had to. All good, yet exhausting ...
The Tendency Moms Have to Rush and Regret
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of American Heart Association / American Stroke Association for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. College wasn't so long ago for me that I've forgotten how badly I wanted to just be done with it. I always knew exactly how many weeks of the semester I ...
Hey Mama, do you remember when you used to dream about these people?
These ones right around you: this husband, that daughter, those sons: your family. Do you remember when you were a child yourself and you used to wonder where life might take you and who you'd be going there with? Maybe you always knew you'd be a mother; maybe you never saw it coming. ...
If you’re drowning in discontentment–here’s a life preserver
It's been a whole year since we moved into our camper to minimize the monthly bills we pay while my husband goes through the rocky start of starting a small business. I've told you before about how I was so ashamed to bring my brand new second baby home to this camper. We said it would only be ...
Your adorable nursery makes my heart ache (learning to live well in a waiting season)
"Aren't you excited to take your new baby home today?" said the nurse. I managed a pathetic smile and lied, "Yes." We pulled up to our living space: a 39 foot fifth wheel camper parked on my in-laws' property. And I burst into tears. Bringing my brand new second baby into a camper was the ...