Brea Schmidt, Author at Her View From Home

Motherhood
January 3, 2019
4 Minute Read

Hey Mama, You Don’t Have to Fake the Picture

This is the picture. The one I have to believe some of my fellow moms have, too. It had been a little under a month since I delivered my…

Faith, Motherhood
December 4, 2018
6 Minute Read

Dear Busy Mom, Church Isn’t About Perfection—It’s About Showing Up

This past Sunday, we walked into mass 10 minutes late. We did the awkward “thank you” wave to the couple who had to slide further into the pew to…

Living
November 18, 2018
3 Minute Read

Dear Mama, Before You Get Swept Up in the Holiday Hustle

This holiday season . . . Before you get frustrated with the long lines at checkout at the department stores . . . recognize that you…

Motherhood
November 5, 2018
3 Minute Read

I’m a Mom Who Doesn’t Have it All Together—and I Couldn’t Be Happier

“I finally feel like I have my feet underneath me.” It’s a term I’ve used frequently over the last six months as I feel like I’ve turned a…

Kids, Motherhood
October 10, 2018
2 Minute Read

I Don’t Want My Kids to Remember Perfection—I Want Them to Remember Me

I don’t want my kids to remember grand adventures . . . I want them to remember that I was fully present in the moment when they asked me to…

Journal, Relationships
September 21, 2018
5 Minute Read

There Was Always a Plan For the Girl in the Pink Shirt

I was in the third row on the left side of a Southwest flight from Houston to Jacksonville wearing a pink tank top. My shirt choice was one of the…

Journal, Living
September 13, 2018
5 Minute Read

The Family Photo That’s Always Worth Getting

When I was a teenager, I used to love poring over our family’s photo archives. My mom had an entire shelf dedicated to her photo album sets…

Child, Inspiration, Kids, Motherhood
August 30, 2018
4 Minute Read

Dear Kids, When I Forget What It’s Like To Be Little

The kids were squealing in the backseat. For the five minutes prior they were begging me to spill the beans on where we were going as I had only told…

Inspiration, Journal, Motherhood
August 7, 2018
3 Minute Read

My Children Deserve To See the Whole Me, Not Just the Mom Me

Before I was a mother, I was a human being. A human being with life experiences, passions, fears, talents, hobbies, goals, friends and aspirations…

Kids, Motherhood
July 26, 2018
3 Minute Read

To My Rule Following Child, I See You

To my rule follower, I know I don’t tell you enough what a good kid you are. As both the oldest and the rule follower, you seem to always fall…