It’s hard for me to believe the little girl we had prayed so hard for, labored so long for, and endured a traumatic delivery for is already seven. The year we spent fighting sleep and crying is long gone. The terrible twos are over. The strong-willed threenager we had is now a polite, intelligent, well-spoken…strong…
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I’m at a stage in my parenting when my children, especially my youngest, still, very much, need me for many things. He’s still at an age where he feels safest and most secure when his body is next to mine. And I breathe it in, because I know that the harsh reality of raising children…
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It’s been nearly a year now. My kids and I have been living, learning, and working at home since March of last year. My time running a business and creating usually looks a lot like sitting down to work and standing up 15 seconds later to help someone in the bathroom, break up a fight,…
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We get up with the sun nearly every morning, I serve breakfast, clean up, and get ready for the day. Errands, tutoring, school, speech, and homeschool lessons have taken up nearly every drop of mental energy I have each day, but I started this year with a list of goals for self improvement, self love,…
Read MoreThis is part of ARTIFACT MOTHERHOOD – a project shared with other female artists who are documenting our journeys as mothers and creating memories for our children through our photographs and words. Go next to the wonderful artist Hollie Stokes to read her post in our blog circle.
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I don’t like winter. I know a lot of people say that. I know it’s normal to feel down when it’s dark the majority of the day, and when you live in West Virginia winter seems to last six months out of the year. I don’t like the cold. It’s painful. It turns my skin…
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I remember it like it was yesterday. Chad and I walked into a dimly lit hospital room. I was wearing leggings and rain-boots. I had on a teal sweatshirt. The nurse gave me a gown and told me to change before she came back with my medication. A painful, long, and exhausting 40+ hours later…
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I am worthy of my own time, love, and attention. I am confident in my decision making. I am enough. I am. I became a mom 1379 days ago (give or take a few days). I was born again the day they laid that baby girl on my chest. Nothing in this world will ever…
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May. For some it’s the promise that summer is just around the corner. Longer days and warmer evenings only intensify our anticipation. We put away our winter clothes and brought out our shorts, and the kids have based their summer diet largely upon their love affair with corn and watermelon. They’d eat corn for every…
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