I always wanted to stay home with my kids. I wanted to be there for every field trip and every milestone. This was a fact that my (not then) husband knew from the day we met, literally. It was an emotional decision then when the time came to quit teaching and walk away from being…
1,700 miles, two planes, 4 bags, and two kids followed by 2 weeks of ear infections, whiny children, and work piling up without getting any attention and I was about to snap. I was trying to balance my family time with my work time with my everything else time. But instead of succeeding at giving…
I sat down in my Boston home some time back in December, and started scrolling through Facebook. “On this day” popped up and I was suddenly was reminded of the chaos the previous year had brought. We lost my grandad, had a pet run away, and I gave birth to a daughter all in the…
My grandmother died of breast cancer. She passed away before she even turned 50 and the same year my dad graduated high school. When they found the mass, it was the size of a walnut when even today the size of a pea is critical. The story goes that she knew. She knew something was…
Making mindful decisions as a mother typically means I am trying to kid-proof my home by putting a gate at the top of the stairs or that I have chosen extended rear-facing for my children. And many times I forget about myself. I make excuses based on what I am doing for my children, but…
Over and over again I keep telling myself I need to fill my cup first so I have something to pour out into my kids. But daily I run on empty, feel run down, and forget to recharge myself. Part of my problem was no one has a manual on how to treat yourself as…
A few years ago I ditched the idea of using our dish washer in order to escape more chemicals in our lives. I thought it was a great idea to get away from hot temperatures leeching toxins from the dish rack onto what I eat off of, a way to not use chemical detergents, and…
As moms who have given birth, we all have a birth story, maybe even multiple birth stories. Each of them is different. Maybe we’re proud of them, maybe we’re ashamed of them. Either way, each birth story w have can minister to us as women. It can bring restorative healing to your soul. Your birth…
Motherhood is hard, especially in those early days with a baby that needs constant attention and sucks every last ounce of energy out of you. And especially in the moments of not know what the heck you’re doing as a mom or how you wound up with a kid that and scared of how in…
I never thought I would ever, ever say it. But I am probably tossing out all my old clothes. And I am going to be investing in some new pieces of timeless pieces of clothing over the next few months. Why? Because almost everything I have and love is from before I had kids. And…
Spring is just around the corner for us and that means spring cleaning and getting to hang some laundry outside! But I know we are all busy, especially as moms. So here are 10 great laundry hacks for the busy mom to save you time, money, and to help save the environment and your family from…
This mom thing is hard. It’s monotonous and sometimes the reason why hair seems to be falling out of my head in hand fulls. Really, though, don’t we all have moments of sheer madness and insanity. I think it might be part of the description of motherhood and if it’s not part of the dictionary…