Tag: parents
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Be Like Fern
This may be the most important blog I ever write about moms. I have had so many of these thoughts running through my mind for months and a lot of what I have to share rooted back in a post called Togetherness. You know how sometimes in the movies how the filmmakers will do that…
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Turning of the Screens
I’m about to say something so shocking you will not believe it. We didn’t own a flat screen TV until last year. Also, we didn’t have Netflix, cable, satellite or any other fancy TV programs. We had about seven channels and a TV that was at least a decade old. I was never upset by…
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We all need a friend who…
I have been thinking lately about how much of a gift it is, to have friends who just GET IT. When you call and need to vent, they don’t get frustrated, they listen, and you feel heard. You know the one! We all need one, and for years, I thought a friend like this was…
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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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Between the Spitups and the Blowouts
One of my earliest memories as a new mother of three, was when Coen, my youngest was about two weeks old and I decided to break all three kids out of the house for a stroll to the park. I took them by myself, pushed Coen in his stroller and the older two rode their…
Believe Manifesto 