I know, I know, he was late again- didn’t get home until after 7:00 and you were planning on 5:00. And there’s his piles of junk all over the counter. Also- also!- he was falling asleep on the couch right when you needed to talk to him about that important thing. If your husband were around more, ... Read More
Dear Discontent Mama, Happiness Isn’t Found Where You Think It is.
I wish you could see it. It’s there, I promise you. But I know you see the dishes in the sink and the toys on the floor and the mismatched outfit that the four-year-old chose herself. You see the ways you haven’t done enough, the ways you aren’t enough, the ways they are too much. You can’t seem ... Read More
Babies Don’t Keep. One {easy} Thing Mamas Can Do To Remember When They Were Young.
I don't know when it happened, all I know is that it did. Because weren't we just rocking in your chair, you nestled into my chest and I unsure and terrified and in love? I remember the day we got that chair- it was delivered by the store and your Daddy was at work but I was bound and determined ... Read More
When It’s Hard to Find Purpose in Motherhood, Do This. It’ll Help. Promise.
I was a really good teacher, once. I taught social studies- high school history, juniors mostly. I was even nominated Best New Teacher of the Year for my school district, I really truly was. It felt good, honestly, to be recognized for doing something that you love and doing it well. I ... Read More
we need to talk about affairs
I’m gonna get pretty real with y’all here. As if I don’t already. In the terrible moment when I was saying goodbye to Lane for the year, some of the final words I said to him were: I will be faithful to you. Melodramatic? Awkward? I don’t know. But I said it because I needed to. I ... Read More
pictures of a marriage that stayed
{Is divorce everywhere for you? Sometimes it feels like it is for me. Why is that? I feel like so often, we are presented with images of either the picture perfect magazine cover marriages or those that end in failure. It’s never as simple as that though. Just look at us.} // Lane calls me ... Read More