I do think it's going to be okay. Eventually. Just not now. We were having yet another conversation about the house and the boxes and the paycheck and the move and the girls and the season and the unexpectedness everywhere. We were talking about the future and the hopes and the dreams and ... Read More
8 phrases that help me in my parenting
Lane and I have been laughing lately at my "mommyisms." See, there are a handful of phrases that I keep in my back pocket and use regularly as the right situation arrises. They are phrases that I have either picked up along the way or have heard other mamas I respect use with their own ... Read More
because even now, i am still good
We lived comfortably. Double income, no kids. We shopped when we wanted, traveled where we wanted, went out to eat as often as we wanted. The American dream, right? We worked hard. We lived comfortable. But our eyes were closed. And then, we sensed a shift. Go on Young Life staff. ... Read More
parenting is hard.
It's all hard. Every ounce of it. The very nature of the situation demands everything you've got, even when you have nothing left to give. They need you because they need you. Their day deliriously rotates around princess dresses and train tracks and apple slices and board books. Their world ... Read More
when love expands
I didn't want to leave you. I knew you would cry, I knew I would cry, I knew ripping off the band-aid and walking out that door would hurt. I ugly-cried when we got in the car, assuring your Daddy through the tears that I did, in fact, want to be with him. But see, my girls, I love you ... Read More
on being a mama when love feels heavy
The woman that we invited into our world said that in our girls' eyes, I am the heavy one and Daddy is the good one. To our girl, to the one that I carried as she grew and she kicked, the one whose owies I kiss away when she feels brave, the one whose bangs I brush out of her eyes... to that ... Read More