The Sacred Hours of 3-8pm
Last year while at an activity at my girls’ school, I stood in a circle of fellow moms groaning about their schedules and commitments and how stressed they all were. It was May after all and even though I did…
The life within us
When you have kids in elementary school, specifically one that is doing a deep dive on animals for a school project, you find yourself learning all kinds of incredibly random animal things. Recently, one fact in particular struck me. Did…
She is me
My youngest daughter is what some would call.. strong willed. We had to practically force her out of my belly to be born and when she finally emerged, she was pissed to be here and clearly wanted to go back…
Faith over FOMO
I was out on a mid-morning walk with my girls, one that either morphs into hours of outside time exploring OR ends in tears & tantrums. Usually the latter. But we do it almost everyday, because I need it and…
We are enough for our kids
One Saturday morning I was snuggling with my toddlers on the couch watching cartoons and in rolled the repetitive ABC Mouse commercials that I had come to loathe. A parent came on the commercial to rave about how this online…
We’ve lost our knowing
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash I am not a scientist, a doctor or an epidemiologist. I am not a government official or a school administrator. I have but a sliver of knowledge on how a virus actually works, what the medical field…
Amazon Finds for Littles
Hi Mamas of littles! This is just a quick list of things I have used over the years as I have worked from home with my small children (4 & 2), which I know feels like the most impossible task…
Working From Home WITH Littles
Interruptions every 5 minutes. Homeschooling. Sibling fighting. Diaper changing. Butt wiping. WHINING, OH THE FREAKING WHINING. Everything feels like a constant crisis. Oh and you are supposed to be working full time too right now? Riggggghht. Those of you in…
The Not So Selfless Mom
I try to go on a run or walk every single day. It is often the only uninterrupted solitude I have and some days I have to fight to keep it. This morning, my 4 year old woke up too…
When Quarantine Stops Feeling Cute
Today I raged on my kids. On my husband. On my dog. I’ve opened a bottle of wine at noon and cried on my couch from the guilt of it all. I am feeling so frustrated. We had been doing…
