When you become a parent so much of your life changes. Anyone that has children understands what a monumental impact becoming a parent has on your everyday life. It is all consuming from the very first time you hold your new baby. It’s hard to explain it to people that don’t have children or any…
Please Don’t Let Me Forget the Wispiness
I’ve never been a baby person. Not when my adorable little brother came home when I was eight-years-old. Not when my sweet baby niece was born when I was 19—and not even either time I became a mama to the world’s two most precious boys. I think babies are a lot of work and I…
Mama Charm Bracelet Giveaway
*** GIVEAWAY TIME *** I’m teaming up with Dorothy at Dot’s Charming Beads, who is a Top-rated seller on Ebay, to giveaway a custom made Mama charm bracelet. It features “I love you to the moon & back,” heart hands and a mama owl and her baby beads, plus other colorful pieces on a beautiful…
How “This Is Us” Broke the Hearts of Middle Children Everywhere
Although This Is Us is on hiatus until fall, there was one episode from season two that has really stayed with me since I first watched it in the comfort of my living rooms with tears flowing down my face. “The Fifth Wheel” addresses Kevin’s stint in rehab and during a visit from his…
The Drawings on the Wall
Everyday when my son gets off of the school bus, I open his backpack to see if there are any notes from his teacher or anything else inside that should be taken out. Most often there are only left over parts from his lunch or toys that he had taken with him on the bus…
I’m Not a Bad Mom Because My House is Clean
Latest on Her View From Home “I can’t tell you how many articles, memes, group chats and face-to-face conversations I’ve seen and/or had with other moms who seem to have some kind of unofficial club of moms who don’t have the time, energy, or motivation to clean their homes and if you are not in…
We’re Mothers Not Machines
Another new one up at Her View From Home “Sometimes I feel like the mom version of the Terminator. Unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger’s iconic character, when I look at my outside world I don’t see the stats of my enemies, I just see stuff that needs to be done: Visual: one-year-old baby Running on 95% energy…
Lessons From Nap Time
You started to cry then.
I looked over at your daddy, who was already drifting off to sleep. As daddy tends to know, he knew I was watching him, looking for an answer to an unasked question. He opened his big brown eyes and said, “Just go get him and bring him in here.”
5 Mom Phrases I LOVE Using That Drive My Kids Crazy
Here is my first original piece on Perfection Pending by Meredith Ethington… “Do you remember when you were a child and you would do something or say something to your mom and she’d give you a one sentence reply that either really irritated you or wasn’t the response you were looking for? Mom phrases if…
My Husband and I Considered Divorce; This is What Kept Us Together
My latest piece on Her View From Home: “My husband and I have been together 14 years and married for eight. To some that may not seem like a very long time, but to us, it’s a very long time. Like so many other marriages, we’ve been through a lot as a couple. We’ve…
