Dear Son, Have I Told You Enough How Much I Love You?
To my youngest son, My sweet boy, there are days I feel like my life is just a blur and sometimes you get lost in the mix. My time and attention seem…
Continue ReadingTo my youngest son, My sweet boy, there are days I feel like my life is just a blur and sometimes you get lost in the mix. My time and attention seem…
Continue ReadingLast night, I made a run to Target at 8:30 p.m. I needed to pick up a few things for a holiday party we are hosting this weekend, but of course by…
Continue ReadingSome days I send my kids to school in a way I’m not proud of. The mornings can be rough. First, they won’t get out of bed. Then they…
Continue ReadingI know what you’re thinking. I’ve thought it as well. It’s lonely. It’s small. It’s not at all what you thought it would be. …
Continue Reading“Momma, can we keep a butterfly as a pet?” My 7-year-old’s eyes were sparkling, already envisioning having a butterfly of her very own. “You…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, Today I came home from the hospital with my brand-new baby boy. As my weak postpartum body hobbled in the front door, there you were,…
Continue ReadingI yelled at my kids today, way more than I would have liked to. I’m always told, “Speak to your kids how you want them to speak to you!” But…
Continue ReadingHalf-awake, I try to make sense of what I hear. It isn’t a child, though it could’ve been. Or an owl. Ah, it’s a distant train whistle. I…
Continue ReadingIt was an act of sibling rivalry that set the early morning hour into motion. My voice, still waking from a night of intermittent rest, turned into…
Continue ReadingI went for a walk in the snow the other day and behind me, I pulled a sled. My children were insistent they could walk, that they didn’t need the…
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