Raw truths from a partner, a mama, a teacher, and a therapist parenting a child with behavior disorders and basically figuring it out as I go.
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A gift for everyone on your list! [1] Wooden Garden Set: Montessori learning paired with food and gardening? SOLD! Price currently reduced. https://amzn.to/3hMUl1K [2] Lights & Sounds Puppy: This was hands Read more
On any given week, I am carting my kids from school to sports and myself from work to meetings and back again the next day. I pack lunches, have quick Read more
“I was trying to teach my kid how to tie and I threw a shoe… More than once.” This mom was venting–confiding in me that she felt like she’d been Read more
Here’s what most people just can’t understand about being the parent of a child with extra needs… We are never honest with you.Not all the way. It’s nothing personal.It’s not Read more
Modern day moms seem to lean hard toward either Team Self-Care or Team Self-Careless. Today, I’d like to represent the marginalized middle because, honestly, I don’t do either side well. Read more
Friends, I have to be honest. If you’d have asked me in those super cool yearbook interviews as I graduated high school, “Where do you think you’ll be in 20 Read more
Moms with ink, My therapist is tatted (and basically the coolest) and she recently told me something that stuck with me. “Tattooing is one of the most intentional types of Read more
The calendar says it’s 2021 now…we officially made it through 2020. But what if we are still on survival mode? What if, after the blow of the party horns and Read more
Sometimes motherhood feels like a trap. I know, I know. I can already hear the haters crawling out from the woodwork to edge toward their keyboards and recite a chorus Read more
To the makers of at-home wax kits, I have a question. Who didn’t love you as a child? Y’all I bought my first ever wax kit this week. When I Read more
To My Husband, I can’t imagine how hard my anxiety is for you. To be fair, I’ve always been crazy–that’s the word I use for how my anxiety makes me Read more
Friends, I don’t care how beautiful your tree is or how perfect the bows on your presents are, none of us are prepared for the next few weeks. Zero. Maybe Read more
Something crazy happened before the sun came up this morning. Something I honestly NEVER thought would happen to me. I am a die hard NOT morning person. I’m talking do Read more
Some of you aren’t prepared for the FULL parenting truth I’m about to drop so feel free to excuse yourself (and stay outta my comment thread), but here it goes… Read more
Mama, get on the sled. I know. I know. You have an endless list of to-do’s, to-clean’s, and to-pick-up’s. I do, too. But I promise those dirty dishes and un-bought Read more
Okay, friends, I have a secret. This is something I’m ashamed to say aloud and not something I’d tell just anyone because, honestly, it’s kind of embarrassing… So, here it Read more
Friends raising the wild child,The strong-willed one,The “he’s just a boy,”The “what a fun, sassy girl,”The “it’s just a phase,” I see you. We are raising two, one who has Read more
Let me tell you all a little story about mental health. It is part horror story, part romance, a little drama, with a dash of psychological thriller. Everything started with Read more
I originally came on here to do one of those fun, quippy, hilarious ‘get to know each other’ posts where I admit to you that I think Reese’s cups are Read more
Today I Blew It. I’d made breakfast for everyone in the house before the sun rose. I kissed the husband goodbye and got the kids ready for the day. “Okay Read more
Friends, today I figured out something that has perplexed me for nearly ten years of parenting. Prepare yourselves as I solve the elusive mystery of ‘self-care’. Last night, I had Read more
Today I did something REALLY hard. I’m talking something I haven’t done in so long I don’t even remember the last time I did it. No, I didn’t run 5 Read more
These pictures are the same person, taken not long apart from one another. This is what it can look like to live with high functioning anxiety. Both of these ladies Read more
So here’s the thing about approaching your 40’s…these heifers come at you like a freight train in the night when you least expect it. Lean in, dear ones: You 20-something Read more