5 Everyday Self-Care Tips for Moms.
It’s easy to throw around the words that moms should take care of themselves, but self-care, when put into actual practice, doesn’t always come so simply. For me, self-care is the little things. Much...
Author: Jennifer
Why I Choose My Kids over My Husband.
Attending to my children’s needs means, sometimes, choosing between their needs and my own. As a mother, this is often the most difficult place to be. At night, I want to cuddle into my...
I Took My Husband’s Last Name and I Would Do It Again.
I took my husband’s last name at the age of 25. We’d already been together for over a decade, and I’d imagined over and over again what this would feel like. My maiden name was...
This Is Why I Blog Pictures of My Kids.
The yellow leaves practically glow outside the large picture window on the side of our house. The girls’ new teepee sits strategically in a corner that isn’t particularly used; it’s where they go anyways during...
Finding Gratitude in a Thankless Job.
I’ll admit that sometimes I feel frustrated at trying so hard at a job that seemingly has very little thanks returned. Yesterday my baby turned one and there are no pictures of me from...
A Mother’s Reflection on Your First Birthday.
An “I love you” as you turn one: I wrote my first book for your sister before she turned a year old. I shared and bared so much that I don’t plan on publishing...
How to Use Social Media Like a Grown-Up.
I write primarily about parenting. This means that I regularly have to decide which photographs of my children and myself are appropriate to share and, equally, which words and stories are appropriate too. I...
Playing Hooky Made Me a Better Mom.
How to seize the day: I’ve unplugged a lot this week, not completely, but a lot. By “unplugged” I mean largely ignore my phone. Yes, I stopped for a few phone calls with my daughter’s...
Why I’m Not Waiting Until My Kids Are Older to Enjoy My Life.
It’s commonly accepted that stay-at-home mothers give up their lives temporarily, only to reclaim them later on when the kids are older. This is problematic for several reasons, the least being that a parent’s...
Why I Plan on Being a Stay-At-Home Mom When My Kids Are Teenagers.
The difficulty of the world didn’t hit me full-force until I was an older child. Still young and fairly innocent, I think I was seven or eight when I realized that not all kids...
