To the Mom Chasing Perfection, Be Kind To Yourself
Imagine standing in a hot room in June, you are sweaty, sleep-deprived, and starving because for the last 24 hours you have barely slept and have had…
Continue Reading
Tag
Self-care
You Can Live For Others For a Long Time, But You Can’t Do it Forever
I entered adulthood with an entire luggage cart of baggage from a fractured childhood. There was the time from before my parents’ divorce and…
Continue Reading
Take the Girls’ Trip
I’m going to say something that is not the most popular thing for a wife and/or mother to say but… Sometimes I need a break. A break from my…
Continue Reading
This Is the Year to Find Yourself Again, Mama
I became a mom nearly four-and-a-half years ago when my husband and I welcomed a sweet son into this world. Baby number one was quickly followed by…
Continue Reading
Why Tired Moms Stay Up Late
I got up around 5:30 this morning. I do that five days a week so I can get my son to daycare and my daughter to school before I report to work at…
Continue Reading
I Fear I’ve Lost Myself To Motherhood
I always wanted to be a mom. Heck, I think I played babies and house until I was a tween. After that it was babysitting. And then working with kids…
Continue Reading
You Carry Your Children’s Burdens—But Who’s Carrying Yours?
I was talking to my sister the other day, and she told me her teenage daughters (the two older of her four children) had both been crying the…
Continue Reading
You Carry the Weight of Your Family on Your Shoulders, Mama—Cry if You Want
It’s OK, momma. It’s OK to lock yourself in the bathroom and cry on the floor when it’s all just too much. It’s OK to go for a walk when you…
Continue Reading
Dear God, I’m Just So Tired
As I walked out the door, I frantically made a mental check of the amount of money in my wallet to be sure I would be able to buy a coffee. A sense…
Continue Reading
I Fought This Little White Pill
My nightmare-inducing, heart palpitating, fear enveloping anxiety has been at an all-time high since the birth of my newborn. The intrusive thoughts.…
Continue Reading