Challenges

We all have those moments, when we see a picture of ourselves from years past and are transformed to a different time.  For me, it is a time, before kiddos, when I could have been carefree and didn’t appreciate...

Stop and ask some moms (or anyone, really) around you how they're doing and, more often than not, you'll get the same answer, "Oh the usual, super busy!" or something along those lines. I would almost be willing to...

My husband and I recently (somewhat recently) took a much needed get away to Seattle, sans children.  Thank goodness for helpful grandparents.  While there I was able to reconnect with a girlfriend that I hadn’t seen since before I...

When we welcomed our first child into the world, it was unlike anything else I'd ever experienced. The very minute I met my baby, my chest filled up with so much love I thought I might explode because I...

While volunteering at the 1st grade Christmas party not too long in the distance past, I was chatting with a few moms when this flew out of my mouth: Why did I try so hard when they won’t even...

With the New Year upon us, we all have a chance to reset.  Drop the woes of the past year and start fresh.  It brings a time of New Year's Resolutions.  For me, always ends up being time to...

I keep reading these adorable, yet cliché New Year posts like "It's a blank page to a new chapter" or "Start the Year Off Right," but I am not seeing posts with tools, ideas, or ways to make the...

As I write this with bloodshot eyes, my head is pulsing, I'm unable to focus on the work I need to get done (are the lights shining directly on me in this room?)… and I have already cried twice...

This summer, I was sitting at my son's baseball practice and I heard the coach call for one of the players to hustle out onto the field. He was tying his shoe and looking for his hat when I...

Pouring from an empty cup. The journey into deep self-love and our profound craving for connection. For two decades I prided myself on being generous, giving and always available to share advice, lend a hand and say YES whenever possible....

Can you picture your life without social media? I was in a 5th grade classroom the other day and the students were having a discussion about how different life is now compared to life during the Colonial Time period. They...

Was I slightly hesitant to do a "Yes Day"? You bet! Did I go for it anyway? Yes! I don't know why I'm such a restrictive mother. I don't want to be. I had a million restrictions growing up. When...

Sometimes being a bad person, can feel so right. I recently published a blog about the 15 ways motherhood has made me a better person, but let’s be honest – motherhood doesn’t only bring out the best in us...

Let's get right to it, I am taking a stand this year and ditching the holiday stress, deciding to instead focus on being thankful. With the holidays quickly approaching, stress levels are on the rise. As a kid, I...

We focus a lot on the ways that motherhood changes us. In particular, we tend to talk about the challenges we face or how our lives are no longer just “ours” and how little time we have to do...

When I see those moms who have more than two kids and are really rocking it, I find myself in awe. I just don’t think I could do it. I always knew that I wanted more than one baby, but it wasn't...

Dear Fall Heat,  Let's jump right into it friend, it's time for you to skedaddle. It's been a fun summer and we had a blast, but we need a change. It's for sure you, not me. Not to sound ungrateful, I appreciate all...

Living and raising children in a world that is seemingly growing scarier by the day, I know many of us can agree that it’s so easy to get caught up in the stress and worry and anxiety of life....

Mamas, I can't be the only one that has experienced when a friendship fades. You know, where your once best friend, did everything in life together, becomes a social media friend that likes random photos on your page. As...

I may have a little attitude. I may like to win, so what?  I hope my kids have the same fire inside of them and I hope we can help them find their fires! Sports played a major role in...

What if you had the chance to book a trip that would be incredibly memorable for everyone in your family but it meant you and your husband were boarding one plane and your two year old would be jet-setting...

The "Me Too" movement has quickly taken over most social media platforms. For those of you who are not yet familiar, it’s encouraging women who have been sexually harassed or abused to post the words "me too" to their...

Introducing my kids to my father didn't go as I had always thought it would. I always planned my dad to be with me and meet my babies in the flesh. But that’s not how it worked out. My...

I've always been a major nudist. I'll skinny dip in the middle of the day and walk around the house in broad daylight without any clothes on at all. I'm not sure why I've been like this my entire...

Recently, five of my mommy tribe friends and I got away for an amazing, and much needed girl’s weekend. The entire time I kept pinching myself because I could not believe that FIVE moms (all with children between the...