With Mother’s Day coming up soon, I can’t help but write about mothers. I mean is there a person that can have a bigger influence on your life than a mother? Amazing moms are everywhere. You may have one, you may know one, you probably are one and don’t realize it. Moms can be hard […]

Awful parent moments are a rite of passage. Children are unpredictable, which leaves parents scrambling to anticipate when the next disaster is going to strike. If you’ve managed to escape these horrible parenting moments, I’m impressed. The public tantrum, screaming baby, loud body noises, rudeness, and honesty are only a few experiences we all get […]

  Before I start this letter, which is really a series of notes, I want to first address the topic of parent judging. Parent judging, in our culture, has almost reached the level of an Olympic sport. Oddly enough, the worst parent judging I have ever seen is online. It’s easy to judge when no […]

My 6 year-old asked me to walk down the stream with him last night. Literally, we walked down the middle of the stream because there is so much vegetation you can’t walk on the side. The water was deep enough that my son wore my husband’s boots.  It was absolutely beautiful and peaceful. He chattered […]

    There is a lot of poop in my life. We got a dog a few weeks ago. She’s pretty good about not going in the yard, but she’s still a dog. We also finished potty training our LAST child two months ago Last. One. (There’s a Hallelujah chorus going on at my house.) […]

Dear Overwhelmed Mother of One, I’m going to tell you a short story. It starts when I had my first daughter, which oddly enough, is when lots of my stories start. I was like many first time moms, completely overwhelmed. My baby cried, my body was a mess, my house was a mess, and my […]

  One of the many wonderful aspects of being a stay-at-home mom is the freedom it gives you to set your own schedule. I know, I’m laughing at that statement too. SAHMs don’t really decide their own schedule because it is largely determined by how many children you have and how old they are, but […]

A few months ago I was at the laundromat talking with a woman, a stranger. There wasn’t anything notable about the conversation until she asked what I did for work. I told her I was a stay-at-home mom. To which she replied, “I could never stay home all day. I like to work too much.” […]