Angela Anagnost-Repke, Author at Her View From Home

Marriage is Learning When to Keep Quiet

You’d think by age 37, I’d learn when to shut my mouth. I should know that sometimes silence avoids the mudslide that can occur when you have to…

We were going to be late . . . again. I still had to get my 4-year-old daughter into the car, drive to my son’s elementary school, walk across the…

I recently cleaned out the drawer of my nightstand. It was crammed with old papers, books, mismatched earrings, and all-around junk. Inside, I…

My mom rarely played with me when I was a kid. Nope, she never got on the floor to play Barbies. She never played house or school with us. She…

I will never understand how single parents do it. I’m currently recovering from just one weekend with the kids alone. I’m on my second pot of…

“You look stunning.” This is what my husband tells me on a weekly basis. And somehow, he still catches me off-guard when he takes aim and shoots…

There have been endless articles written about strong-willed children. How to parent them. What a blessing they can be. What ages are the hardest.…

I had just finished tucking in my three-year-old daughter for a nap. The house was finally quiet with my kindergartener at school. I slunk…

Mothers have regrets daily. I know I certainly do. Every night as I close my eyes, the regret sits in my chest. I shouldn’t have yelled. I should…

It was a Michigan February blizzard. My eighteen-month-old and three-year-old were sick for the 82nd time that season. I knew my toddler’s ear…