I've caught the vision, and I can't keep it to myself. It's Wednesday. It's been a discouraging day of homeschooling as I wonder if anything I'm teaching is sticking, if I'll ever get the house clean, if I'm ever going to feel like I'm doing a good job of anything. Getting all four of the kids to ...
encouragement
Life after the Third Baby (+a review of the new Omni 360 carrier by Ergobaby)
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 ...
Thoughts After a Grandma Shamed my Parenting at Dairy Queen
Here's the scene: We walk into Dairy Queen for the after-doctor's-visit-ice cream I promised my boys. The line was six people deep from the register, and given that this location only opened a few weeks ago, I didn't expect it to go quickly. I might've chosen a less lunch-heavy place for a treat ...
I spotted the Sibling Glimmer
I wasn't supposed to see it. But it was one of those moments that filled my mom heart to the brim. It's been exhausting--the transition from one to two kids. I've lived the past six months on newborn sleep but with a toddler start time to the day. Plus the ten weeks before that on third ...