“Mama, is this one still beautiful?” My son held up a brown Magnolia leaf. Peppered with yellow and red, the leaf was marred with a jagged tear straight down its middle. His eyes set on me, his heart awaited my response. We found several such leaves scattered about the park that afternoon. All brightly colored […]
As I wrote this post, I realize that I’m about to tell a group of strangers something I’m too embarrassed to tell my best friends: I am having serious marital problems. At a time in my life when I have never been happier being a mom, I’ve never been lonelier. There have been problems in […]
The process of moving is one of the more stressful things a person can experience in their lifetime. Doing this with toddlers in your home may push you over the edge. We are experiencing the craziness of listing our home, showings and open houses now. My boys, who are four and three, love all things […]
I was walking through Kroger around Mother’s Day when I saw it: a mug on display featuring the hand illustrated note “Good Kids have Good Moms.” I wasn’t really trying to get punched in the emotional gut while picking up our weekly gallon of milk, but that’s what happened. I felt a bit embarrassed for […]
Like most families, we are busy. We try to limit the chaos, but it still manages to creep into our lives. The daily grind consists of a mixture of school, sports, appointments, extra-curricular activities, play dates, Birthday parties, homework and so on and so forth. In talking with friends, it seems this is the norm […]
From the beginning, my husband and I were in agreement about having three kids. We now have an almost four year old son, and our daughter just turned one. Needless to say, there is a lot going on at our house. So a third child is not such a sure thing anymore. But we are […]
My oldest son is an easy breezy, go with the flow, doesn’t care what color shirt he has on type of a kid. Thank God. I thought the toddler years were going to be somewhat smooth sailing until my youngest turned two. We are not experiencing the typical “terrible two” behavior. I was prepared for […]
If you do a quick google search, you’ll find loads of articles that outline why children should not be allowed to share a bed with their parents. You’ll even find horrific tales of how toddlers sneaking into the master bed will make them severely co-dependent and cause separation anxiety; the kind of issues that will […]
Since moving here last August, I have heard it said often that 100 people move to Nashville a day. I have no idea if this is accurate, but by the looks of the traffic on the roads and the number of people I meet who have just moved here? It seems plausible. This statistic (whether accurate […]
I can still remember the last phone conversation I had with my dad. I was a sophomore in college and talked to my parents frequently since we were a few states apart. We ended the conversation, and I hung up. I stood in my dorm room for a moment a little confused. Had I really […]
