What Makes A Daddy?
What makes a Daddy? Is it working hard to provide a roof and food for his kids? Skipping meals because he needs the hours, leaving the house before the sun rises because he has to be home to catch the…
Being is Different than Doing
My oldest came home from a field trip today from the Museum of Natural Science. It was the last hurrah of her elementary career, and it put the cap on their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) unit. Now, I…
The Great Cell Phone Debate
I currently find myself embroiled in The Great Cell Phone Debate of 2018. There’s drama, tears, logic, illogic, comments from the peanut gallery…it makes the presidential debate of 2016 look like a cakewalk. As we’ve been plummeting down this rabbit…
When You’re Over-Scheduled and Exhausted
About a year and a half ago some friends and I decided we wanted to go see a movie together. We were sitting on the back porch after dinner, and a new, popular “mom” movie came up in conversation. There…
If I Could Keep You Small…
Sometimes I wish I could keep you small forever. We’d play dress up, and you would clip-clop around in my heels, or swagger across the room wearing your daddy’s tie. We’d read books together, cuddled under a blanket on the…
After All the No’s, Today I Got to Say Yes
Today I got to say yes. So often this parenting thing is a long series of no’s. No, you can’t have dessert before dinner. (Because you need to learn healthy eating habits) No, you can’t watch more t.v. (Because you…
When You Can’t Find the Balance
My youngest daughter has a new phrase she likes to throw around. “Can’t you spare a few minutes for your child?” She likes to use it when I’m working on something of my own and she needs me to do…
To My Momma Friends – Give Yourself Some Grace
To My Momma Friends, I have something to say, from one Momma to another. Give yourself some grace. In this world of comparison and endless expert opinions at our fingertips, we can be our own worst critics, can’t we? Why…
Living in the Land of Just in Time
Lately I find myself living in the Land of Just in Time. That’s the place where there are so many things on my schedule, so much going on, and so many thoughts and plans and reminders running through my head…
What I’m Telling My Kids Today: Be Nosy.
I’ve always been a fairly private person. Yes, I realize that sounds ridiculous coming from a woman who blogs publicly about her life and her family. However, for most of my life my motto has been, “mind your own business…
