Dear Mom, I Understand Everything Now
Dear Mom, There is so much I didn’t understand back then, but now I do. I never understood why sometimes…
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Dear Mom, There is so much I didn’t understand back then, but now I do. I never understood why sometimes…
Continue ReadingI’ve been walking my teens to the bus stop. Not all the way, because that would be mortifying for them.…
Continue ReadingAs a mother of four precious little men, I just witnessed something that often puts me in instant inward RAGE.…
Continue ReadingWhatever happened to just sitting around at home? Is it just me or does everyone seem really flipping busy these…
Continue Reading“Daddy’s home!” Oh, how those two simple words lift everyone’s mood. “Daddy’s home” means the dog starts jumping up and…
Continue Reading“Momma, can we keep a butterfly as a pet?” My 7-year-old’s eyes were sparkling, already envisioning having a butterfly of…
Continue ReadingHalf-awake, I try to make sense of what I hear. It isn’t a child, though it could’ve been. Or an…
Continue ReadingIt was an act of sibling rivalry that set the early morning hour into motion. My voice, still waking from…
Continue ReadingToday, I said the “D” word. What a day. Woke up at 3 a.m. (if you even want to count…
Continue ReadingDear husband, I know I said I was going to clean the kitchen today. So you might be surprised when…
Continue ReadingIt all happens so quickly. But yet, it's so gradual. The newborn clothes in the closet slowly change to toddler…
Continue ReadingJoy, frustration, pride, worry, heartbreak—they all play a role in the drama that is motherhood. Unbelievably, I’ve been acting out…
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