This is the third in an on-going series of posts titled Lessons from Parenthood. Definitely not lessons in parenthood because I know I am not qualified to write about those. Parenthood teaches so many incredible lessons, many of them humbling and hopefully funny. We parents have to laugh at ourselves if we are going to […]

Whether being a Stay-at-Home-Mom (SAHM) has always been your dream or has become your slightly nightmarish reality, you may sometimes look around and wonder what you’ve gotten yourself into. Being a SAHM comes with lots of challenges. Loneliness and boredom are the two that seem to be the most common and universal. Confession time, I didn’t […]

  I have trouble keeping my van clean. Read the post from my van here and you’ll get a glimpse of the on-going battle I’m fighting. Let me be clear, the inside of the van. I’ve completely given up on the outside; there’s no hope there so let’s move on. I grew up in a […]

  This is a blog post written by my good friend Karli for her blog a few years ago. She has given me permission to repost here. It touches on some interesting aspects of being a stay-at-home parent.  A few weeks ago, shortly after we purchased a new car, I was going over our budget and […]

  This is the second in a series of posts titled Lessons From Parenthood. Definitely not lessons in parenthood because I know I am not qualified to write about those. Parenthood teaches so many incredible lessons, many of them humbling and hopefully funny. We parents have to laugh at ourselves if we are going to […]

Dear Postpartum Me, You did it. Do you realize what you’ve accomplished? You have grown a human being, pushed her out, and now you’re nourishing her with your body. That is an incredible achievement that is often overlooked because it happens every day all over the world. However, that doesn’t diminish its significance to you. […]

  This is the first in a series of posts titled Lessons From Parenthood. Definitely not lessons in parenthood because I know I am not qualified to write about those. Parenthood teaches so many incredible lessons, many of them humbling and hopefully funny. We parents have to laugh at ourselves if we are going to survive. […]