Sow Much Chaos, Sow Little Secrecy
There are days when I feel like no matter how much I do for my kids, I am not able to feel victorious as a mother. Yesterday was one such day. Yesterday started with a husband who had the stomach flu and not feeling so hot myself. I got the kids to school and [...]
It’s a question I ask myself daily. Everytime I see a puddle of spilled milk getting crusty from sitting on the floor and being ignored by all seven of our kids. Everytime I put on jeans and they fit a tad more snug than the last time I wore them. Everytime I look in the [...]
I don’t subscribe to parenting magazines anymore. Quite honestly, I’m tired of reading about how to make my own baby food and handle terrible two tantrums. My kids are past the baby stage and I need a publication that talks about how to thrive during motherhood, beyond the baby era. The is one magazine that [...]
Sweat pants, or yoga pants. If this is the main staple of your wardrobe, then we need to talk. Being a mom does not mean that you abandon fashion all together. It simply means that it is not your main focus. What to wear and what not to wear are still issues that should concern [...]
The simple version: Your child’s hand or foot print made into a unique and beautiful work of art. The Real version (according to me:) They hang on my wall, reminding me of days past, when diapers made up the bulk of our weekly grocery shopping and “me time” referred to the 2 minutes a day [...]
I have a sensitive nose. I gag easily when forced to compromise the status quo of my olfactory senses by cleaning up puke, digging a poop covered toy out of the toilet and other such details of motherhood. I get queasy at the sight and smell of blood. I fainted once when I cut my [...]
This year is a hallmark for my husband and I. All of our kids are now in school (cue the *fist pumping*) and this means that I get six whole hours of time to get work done and pee by myself. It also means that I am forced to be organized, which is not my [...]
Our children are our most precious gifts. Sure we may yell at them for annoying their siblings, get irritated with them for leaving their trash laying around and wish that we could duct tape their mouths some days. But the days when we are reminded of how fragile their lives are, it puts everything into [...]
