I Didn’t Know Anxiety until I Knew Grief
If you had known me for the first 45 years of my life, you would say I was an extrovert.…
Continue ReadingOur Keepsake Journal is Here! 🎉
Tag
If you had known me for the first 45 years of my life, you would say I was an extrovert.…
Continue ReadingI'm a mother of six. Some are biological, and some are adopted. I homeschool most of them. I'm a "trauma…
Continue Reading"Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can’t cry it away or eat it away or starve it away…
Continue ReadingEven I am guilty of comparing grief to a journey, but let me explain why that isn’t so. There is…
Continue ReadingI feel the warmth radiating from my weeks-old baby girl's body onto my lap. She sleeps soundly. But I can’t. My…
Continue ReadingI’m a mom to two exceptional kids–one with big emotions and one with a big heart. What that looks like…
Continue ReadingHe came home from school last week and asked, “Why do I get so angry but my friends never do?…
Continue Reading“I love you even when I say I don’t.” These words came out of nowhere from my 5-year-old. I was…
Continue Reading“Just be grateful to be alive.” After hearing this message on repeat, I noticed a concerning correlation associated with my…
Continue ReadingI get it. Parenting hurts–deeply. Being a parent feels real and often overwhelming. Motherhood is already a huge challenge, but…
Continue ReadingToday I comforted my son—in the midst of a serious tantrum, I held him close. People around me, or people…
Continue ReadingHi, my name is Deborah, and I am an invisible mother. (How many of you said "Hi, Deborah" in your…
Continue Reading