The Challenge: Each month I’ll choose one characteristic I want to build upon to help me be the best mom I can be. I will determine four goals to help me carve that path, and I’ll report back on my successes and (undoubted) failures, too. In August, my theme is HAPPILY-MARRIED. August Goals: 1. Read…
Size 2 Can Suck It… I Love My Body
I had a sobering realization the other day. I may never fit in my old skinny jeans again. My hips are wider than before kids, and I don’t think that’s ever going to change. I kept thinking my goal was to fit back into these skinny jeans post-baby in order to be successful at being…
Remember these Moments with Grandma & Grandpa
Kids, Remember these days with your grandma and grandpa. Remember the trips you take together to the beach. The walks around the block. The hours in the sandbox. Remember their patience, their kindness, their compassion. I hope you recall the little ways they spoil you with snacks and affection. How they hug and calm you…
Who Loses When A Baby Arrives
Having a baby is magical and life changing. Everyone knows that. A baby will turn a couple into a family, children into siblings, and a house into a home. Everyone wins when a baby is born, right? Wrong. As far as I can tell, there is one bonafide loser in the birth of a baby….
Last Night, We Had The Talk
Last night my husband and I had “the talk.” You know the one… where you decide if you’re absolutely, positively done having kids or if you want to keep going. We talked about trying for a girl. We talked about aging and how old we’ll both be when our kids graduate high school. We talked…
Good Things Happen to Good People
I heard some amazing news from a close friend the other day. After last week’s horrendous national and world news, after the ugliness of the election, after what seems like nothing but sick people, cruel actions, and terrible tragedies, hearing her news felt like finally something was going right in this world. I like to…
I am a FIT Mom
JULY – FIT The Challenge: Each month I’ll choose one characteristic I want to build upon to help me be the best mom I can be. I will determine four goals to help me carve that path, and I’ll report back on my successes and (undoubted) failures, too. In July, my theme is FIT. July…
The Working Mom vs. the Stay at Home Mom
Can I tell you a secret? When I was a girl, I was certain I would be a stay at home mom. First, it’s what all the other girls wanted, so it seemed like the cool thing to do. But also, it just sounded like the easy “out” from decision making. There wasn’t any subject in…
To the Mom Who Lost It On The Playground Today
Oh mama, I’m so sorry. I saw you wiping the tears out of your eyes today. I saw the frustration and pain on your face at the playground. Your son was playing you like a puppet master; disregarding your calls, mocking your pleas, fighting back your threats. He was being a three year old at…
Am I Strong Enough to be a Mother?
I feel physically ill. The news just came back that the body of the two-year-old dragged away by an alligator in Florida has been recovered. I can’t process it. My body is trembling and my eyes are heavy with tears on the cusp of falling. Two years old. Snatched by an alligator. At Disney World….
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