Tag: life lessons
The Single Mom Life from A to Z
Every single mom story is unique. I became a single parent through divorce. My daughter was three years old, and I was pregnant with...
When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned :: Making Lemonade from Lemons
Every year, my husband and I have the privilege of taking a trip through his work. The destination changes, but the outcome? Always the same...
My Life-Changing Mom Hacks
You don’t need to look very hard to find a gazillion mom hacks to make life “easier” for you. Pinterest. Mommy blogs. Facebook. And...
From One Mother to Another — When You Want to Be...
Mother, I see you. You are lying in bed while your little ones are up at 6 am.
You try to talk yourself into moving,...
Finding Joy in New Traditions
I woke up on the morning after Thanksgiving feeling uneasy. Surprisingly, it wasn't because of the three helpings of turkey, mashed potatoes, heaping globs of...
How I Learned the Power of the Word “No”
Last week, I was once again sitting in traffic on my way to drop my daughter off at preschool. My blood was boiling with...
Things I Said I Would Never Do — And Now I’m...
I think, as parents, we all have a few of these. Things that, in our naive pre-children days, we swore up and down that...
What Was I Thinking? Living Out My Fixer Upper Dream…Sorta
For reasons I'm still trying to figure out, my husband and I decided to join the Fixer Upper train and buy and renovate a...
The Gift of Special Needs
The first few years of parenthood felt like an emotional roller coaster. Everything about being a new mom was both thrilling and terrifying at once. My...
6 Easy Ways to Raise Creative Kids
We were running late. My threenager was in her room picking out an outfit for the day (aka playing with her pom poms and...