I’m trying to remember what I thought parenthood would look like when I first told my husband, “Let’s have a baby!” I mean, I don’t think I was expecting it to be all sunshine and rainbows, but I didn’t anticipate most of the things that are actually a part of real-life motherhood. I am a […]
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The Overstimulated Mom: How to Have a Minute to Yourself
Our summer started off with a bang: family vacation, summer camp, Father’s Day, swim lessons. And this was only June. July was filled with travel, way too many hours in the car, birthdays, play dates, more travel and back-to-school shopping. Today was just a regular day of dentist appointments for 4, doctor appointments for 2, […]
Diary of a Breastfeeding Mom
Disclosure :: This post is part of a series for World Breastfeeding Week and is sponsored by Women’s & Children’s Hospital. Diary of a Breastfeeding Mom I have breastfed each of my three children, and with each child, our breastfeeding journey has been different. My oldest and I lasted until he got his first tooth at […]
Dear Teacher {An Open Letter from Your New Students’ Moms}
Dear Teacher, Just like that, summer is over. As we are preparing to get our kids back on a schedule, reinstating a bedtime, counting and organizing uniforms, packing backpacks, gathering school supplies, switching from summer chaos to school year routine, we know that you are pouring countless hours into making sure our kids have an […]
I Listened to the Experts … They Were Wrong
I was in my last year of graduate school to receive a master’s degree in elementary education when I was pregnant with numero uno. I took classes on early childhood and childhood psychology, behavior and development and taught kindergarten and pre-kindergarten all before I became a mom. I felt ready and prepared for whatever motherhood […]
Mission-Minded Family Pt. 3 :: Serving with Your Kids
In my previous two posts regarding a Mission-Minded Family, I share about Finding Our Passion (part 1) and Finding Your Passion (part 2). In part 2, I talked about how you can find your purpose and passion and make it your mission. To instill serving and helping others into the hearts of our children, it […]
Goodnight Mom :: A Parody of Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Mom In the Magnolia-styled room There was a dirty diaper And a soccer ball And a picture of – Scribbles and marker on the wall And laundry piled high, clean and dry And a toddler buck nude And remnants of food And Netflix on pause And toys from inlaws And a cat and a […]
Mission-Minded Family Pt. 2: Finding Your Passion
Read Mission-Minded Family Pt. 1: Finding Our Passion HERE! In my last post, I wrote about how my husband and I stumbled upon a mission that our whole family has embraced. For us, it was through sponsoring a child’s education in Haiti that an international mission became our passion. For many, you need only to […]
Mission-Minded Family Pt. 1: Finding Our Passion
I stared at a wall of faces. So hard to choose. All of them were in need of an education. You’ve heard the spiel before: “For just $32 per month….” My son reached up and chose one profile – and then another one. He was confused because this boy had the same face as the […]
Live Debt-Free: 7 Reasons You Need Financial Peace
Five years ago, my husband and I spent the best $100 of our lives by joining Financial Peace University. FPU is a 9-week class hosted by Dave Ramsey, author of Total Money Makeover and Complete Guide to Money. This class teaches you how to become debt free using strategies that work. Since taking this class, […]