Today, I Need You to Know That I’m Just Trying to Get Through the Day
My husband and I are big on learning new things. He’s a teacher and I’m a librarian, so we naturally…
Continue ReadingMy husband and I are big on learning new things. He’s a teacher and I’m a librarian, so we naturally…
Continue ReadingThe first time it slipped off his 7-year-old tongue, I cringed. My shoulders tensed. This is what I had feared,…
Continue ReadingIn the last few years, two moms have given me advice I’ve never forgotten. Their advice was simple but profound:…
Continue ReadingI don’t run five miles a day. I walk 10,000 steps. Up and down stairs. Through school hallways. Across parking…
Continue ReadingHere I am, wearing my husbands wrinkly shirt because my body doesn’t feel good in my own clothes still (I…
Continue ReadingAt some point in of our lives, those of us who are lucky enough to call ourselves "Mommy" will most…
Continue ReadingI see you trudging back to the toddler’s room, assuring him there are no monsters for the fifth time tonight.…
Continue Reading“What a young mom thing to do” I hear her behind me saying, while I’m explaining why I’m not leaving…
Continue ReadingEveryone warned me about the toddler years. The “terrible twos”. The tantrums. The tears. The testing of boundaries. All the…
Continue ReadingI laid on the bathroom floor, crying. My last pregnancy was one of the lowest points of my life. Logically,…
Continue ReadingLast week I moved down to the basement bedroom. I was on day three of what would be a nine-day…
Continue ReadingNo one ever knows quite what they're getting into when they have a baby, no matter how many baby books…
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