She Puts the House to Bed
It starts with putting her children to bed. She will doze off in their bed, snuggled close to her beloved little ones. She will wake up in about 20…
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It starts with putting her children to bed. She will doze off in their bed, snuggled close to her beloved little ones. She will wake up in about 20…
Continue ReadingMy kids have always gone to bed early. We fell into our routine when they gave up their naps around three and four years old. I started having to put…
Continue ReadingI hear his feet pitter-pattering down the stairs. It is some hour in the early morning. A time when all are asleep and the house is dark and quiet.…
Continue ReadingIt was time. It had to happen. We’d had a good run at pouring our children into bed at 11:30 p.m., sweaty, sticky, and exhausted from their…
Continue Reading“Mom, I adore you.” This from the mouth of my youngest baby who is somehow now seven-years-old. Of course, he still can’t pronounce his Rs…
Continue ReadingIt’s past your bedtime and you’re still going strong. You’re scampering from your coloring table to your toy box to your bookshelf. It…
Continue ReadingI sat up in bed, not sure if I were dreaming or if I was really hearing the scream of “Mama!” from across the hall in our old farmhouse. I leaned…
Continue ReadingMoms often joke about “just making it until bedtime”. We seem to see it as our goal. It’s the finish line for our day. Once we make it through…
Continue ReadingRecently, I uttered words that I never thought I would say. Saying them out loud made me immediately fill with momguilt. But after confessing those…
Continue ReadingI love my kids, but by bedtime, I’m just exhausted. At 8pm, my patience shuts off. It’s like I have some sort of glitch in my mommy code, or…
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