It’s been two years since I sat down at a keyboard and wrote anything meaningful. 2 years of triumph, of extreme sadness, and of simple change. I asked myself where and how to begin again and I asked myself if I was even the same person and the answer is a resounding NO. So let…
Within the next week I will turn 30. “It’s a milestone” I hear, and one that I take on proudly. But through the comments about time flying by and age just being a number, I feel that something is lacking when we talk about birthdays and age and experience. Maybe the English language just doesn’t…
After 5 weeks of visiting family, shuffling through airports with a toddler and an infant, and trying to keep my business alive, our little family of four packed up and squeezed into the van for a “do-nothing” trip to the White Mountains. For about a week or two before I had been having headaches and…
I am not perfect. I strive to be, but I am not. In fact, I am a recovering perfectionist if we’re going to be really honest. It’s a hard thing to admit as a blogger and in these social media driven days of facebook, instagram, and pinterest. So I encourage you to start sharing your…
It’s almost noon and I am sitting in the recliner in pajama pants and my husband’s hoodie. I just ate my fourth piece of fudge that I shouldn’t be eating, and I’m pretty sure it was a gift from family that had been left unopened in the cabinet for 3 months… and as I am…
This post has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. But this story of beautiful, messy, wonderful, and chaotic motherhood is mine alone. #SweepTheMess #CollectiveBias Motherhood is hard. It’s stressful. It’s a never-ending job. It seems like every day I wake up and my goal is to simply get the mountain of laundry…