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You Don’t Have to Volunteer For Everything, Mama

I know you’ve been there. I know everyone is asking for everything from you. It happens literally everywhere you go, doesn’t it? When you…

I kick them from the house, drag my tweens to this leafy patch of monkey bars, repurposed tires, and shade. It is summer, and the whole neighborhood…

“You should have put your things down.” The weight of that statement haunted me as my three-year-old said it to me between the sound of tears,…

My house is a mess. Like, a certifiable MESS. The table is buried in paper and tape and scissors and LEGOs and glitter glue and hand sanitizer (hey,…

No, I’m sorry, I just can’t. I already do all the things. I had a conversation not that long ago with someone I care for who asked me to do…

“If you’re so tired, then lie down and go to sleep.” This phrase, spoken by my well-meaning husband, drives me crazy. He can, in fact, go lie…

We have been trying to be intentional about where we spend our time these days. Time is such a precious thing and the older my kids get, the more…

I live in a perpetual state of undone. All the to dos float through my thoughts and I’m wracked with scurrying scribbles on my day to day lists…

I am so busy. Aren’t you? How busy are you? I don’t know about you, but I am so busy, I can’t even see the end of my busy-ness. At the start of…

I was worried this week. This is not the first time I’ve written about worry. That’s the thing about this adjective. We worry,…