I admit: I didn't think much about children when I planned my wedding. They weren't excluded from our guest list, but nothing about their presence on the big day really crossed my mind. Which is why I wanted to give the biggest virtual nod I could to the brides and grooms who do think about the ...
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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 ...
Stop Taking the Fun Hostage, Mom
"Bike ride at the bayou this Sunday?" My husband texted me from work on Friday. "YES," I replied. Our family loves bike rides, and this is the time of year for it in Texas. Soon, it'll be miserably hot and we would rather be swimming than biking. But, while I always love the idea of biking, ...
Our Love Made this Chaos
You walk through the front door, exhausted. You trip over the toys strewn about, I hand you the fussy baby. The toddler has 18 things he wants to show you at once. I serve the dinner that burned while I changed a diaper and bandaged a bo-bo. We sit at our old kitchen table in our too-small home with ...
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. ...
To my husband about those two small hours he spends with the kids each day
Dear Husband, You work hard away from home, and I work hard right here at home. You provide for them and I nurture them. You protect; I nourish. We share them and we shape them. Your gifts, my gifts blend together to grow our gifts. No one in the world was designed to raise these little lives ...
How your husband really feels about your mom-body
I think we've all been encouraged by brave moms who have gone before us to not be ashamed of the marks that have made us mommies. Stretch marks, flabby tummies, varicose veins, surgical scars, abs that have gone missing for YEARS--they're all just physical reminders of the sacrifice we make for our ...
My husband isn’t in love with me and here’s why
"I love you, Katie. But I'm not in love with you," said The Boy who broke my 16-year-old heart. And with that, our 18-month-long relationship (an eternity in teenage time) was over. That statement: to love but not be in love. I didn't know what it meant, what The Boy meant. All that I knew was ...