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.
For people like me, nothing ever seems good enough. Many of us grew up hearing or believing that we were too much or not enough–sometimes both at the same time. Read more
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As Extreme Parents, we are always on the lookout for adaptive ways to meet our kids’ needs. Today’s Friday Faves area all from Target and can make a HUGE impact 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
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
I’m messy. Not like “I haven’t showered today so my hair is oily and I have two brand new zits even though I’m almost 40″ messy (although that is also 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
To the mama who feels like motherhood is more suffocating than satisfying, I see you. I AM you. As I lie awake scrolling amidst my daily anxiety and mental to-do Read more
I am writing as I sit in my living room with absolutely nothing left to give. Not to my kids. Not to my husband. Not to my work. Not to 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
This is the Face of A Mom who is Absolutely Terrified. As a parent, we are forced to face countless fears that just weren’t as prevalent when we were kids Read more
Until the last few weeks, I’d have honestly said I was NAILING this pandemic. I’m no superhero, but having major anxiety basically feels like I’d been preparing to be a Read more
I have one of the top ten most debilitating disorders of all time. Yep. You read that right. OfAllTime Thanks, World Health Organization, for giving an ounce of credit to Read more
How have I lived nearly 40 years of life like this!?
How have I kept all of this buried so deeply that I survived close to four decades without being really honest with myself or even those closest to me!?
“But why did that one man come up to us crying, mama?” Our little boy asked me innocently today after we handed out bags filled with snacks, warm hats and 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
It occurred to me recently that I’m about to turn 38 in a few short weeks. Gross, I know. I mean, HOW did this happen? Wasn’t I just 17 and Read more
To the woman sitting in her car for just 5 more minutes… I see you. I am you. Today it is soaking in just a couple more minutes of quiet Read more
Lean in close, friend. Because you REALLY need to hear these words and let them sink into your bones. You. Are. Enough. Whether you breast or bottle fed, work outside Read more
Today I cried at breakfast. Twice. We had been on our cross country trip for nearly two weeks. We’d crossed seven states, driven over 2200 miles, and spent more than Read more
Dear Son As You Brave Elementary School, School is so exciting to you right now, little one. You are unsure about what is to come but the unknown allows you Read more
I remember spending countless family dinners gathered around my grandma’s kitchen table with cousins, aunts and uncles, and my grandma…but sometimes my mom was absent. I never understood why anyone Read more
Downsizing our house was one thing, but when we were considering going to a shared vehicle, even I thought we had lost our minds. I mean, how were we possibly Read more
Motherhood is arguably the hardest job any woman will ever accept. The seasons of motherhood ebb and flow from that first trimester tired to sleepless nights of teething, the awkward Read more