Dear New Stepmom, Let’s Talk About His Kids
Congrats! You've fallen in love with an amazing guy who swept you right off your feet, asked you to spend…
Continue ReadingCongrats! You've fallen in love with an amazing guy who swept you right off your feet, asked you to spend…
Continue ReadingMy mom doesn't live close by. She lives about 600 miles away and comes by airplane, yet somehow she is…
Continue Reading“I am doing the best I can,” I said to my husband as I felt a tear hit my cheek.…
Continue ReadingI often daydreamed about having a Christmas baby in the days leading up to Christmas 2017. Nobody on earth but…
Continue ReadingI served chicken nuggets for breakfast today. I didn’t even bake them. They got zapped in the microwave for 45…
Continue ReadingChristmas with my son isn’t what it used to be. You see, it used to be full of magic; full…
Continue ReadingA letter to my family who isn’t interested in our son: Today I sent you pictures and recapped our fun-filled,…
Continue Reading“Parenthood is a sanctification process.” I understood the words in isolation, yet the phrase was rendering me speechless. I read…
Continue ReadingHi Mom, They say that the holidays are even more special as you experience them through the eyes of your…
Continue ReadingThey say our kids won't remember what presents they got. That instead they'll remember the smells of Christmas morning—freshly perked…
Continue ReadingYou know that draining feeling of longing to get it all right but not? Needing all the lines to fall…
Continue ReadingIf I say no, you say yes. If I turn the water off, you insist it be turned back on. …
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