Tag: mothers
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Boy Knees

One day you wake up and those chunky, dimpled, soft knees have turned into little boy knees. You can see their strong bones instead of dimples. They can run fast instead of of crawling. They knee you in the side instead of being tucked up beside you. During those days when you feel like you…
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Carrot Sticks for Dinner
This may be the most random title of all time, but this is actually one of my life mantras. If you follow me on social media, you know that I talk about this all the time. Especially when it is warm enough to eat outside. So what exactly does this mean? Basically it means, throw…
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A Letter to my 18 Year Old Self
With graduations, the end of school year, and a new season about to begin, I have felt that this letter really needed to be written. Not really even to myself, but for the other young women, young girls, and women out there. For all you “dears” out there. For you, because you may be like…
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I Felt Bad About My Face
This may be my favorite blog post title of all time. I am going to be really vulnerable with you today in an effort to bring you some joy and hope. There are two parts to this, the first being the way we view ourselves. So often we get caught up in the comparison game,…
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The green shoes that nearly did me in and the whisper that turned this sinking ship around
I have realized something this week that I never fully realized before. ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN ARE STRONG WILLED. What. Is. Happening. They each have different degrees of strong willed sprits, but this past week I learned that they were so much stronger than I ever thought. It all started with the hunt for…
