I’m Tired of Hearing Self-Care is the Antidote to Mom Burnout
The other day while scrolling my Instagram feed, I landed on an account, a fine example of an aspirational yet fundamentally unrelatable ideal of…
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I’m a Mom With Helping Hands
“Mom, can you open it?” My daughter held out a container of mandarin oranges to me from across the kitchen counter. “Sure,” I answered,…
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Dear Child, Thank You For Slowing Your Busy Mama Down
Thank you for slowing me down. Thank you for making me a mommy. Thank you for making me notice wildflowers and lonely souls. Thank you for making me…
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I Don’t Love Every Moment of Motherhood, But I Love Being Their Mom
I don’t love motherhood. Not every day. Not every hour. Not every minute. It takes so much out of me. Demands all of me. It is exhausting. It is…
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Motherhood is Beautiful Chaos
Moms love trying to fold laundry while little bodies flail back and forth in the clean pile, rolling like pigs in a sty as their tiny arms whisk out…
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Calling All Exhausted Parents During the Month of May: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
OK friends, it’s May . . . the month where it traditionally all goes down the tubes. And I’m here to give you permission to tell all the c-r-a-p…
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To the Doers of All the Things, I See You
It finally happened. Something that I had heard of but didn’t REALLY believe had ever occurred outside of myths and legends. He said the words that…
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Sometimes I’m Too Tired to Pray
Sometimes I am too tired to pray. Some nights I lay down and I don’t think twice about it. I think about the two beautiful souls lying in the…
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Dear Toddler, Sorry For All the Mama Drama
It happened again. For, like, the millionth time this week, if that’s even possible. You had been up since 6:30 and we didn’t have anywhere to be…
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If This Messy Mom Bun Could Talk
On a good day, I take a shower, slip into a pair of jeans fresh out of the dryer. My hair will be dried with a round brush, and straightened with a…
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