Hi, everyone! I hope everyone has been having a lovely summer full of writing, reading, and mothering your crazy children. So, I have a few updates. First, you likely won’t see much activity here over the next couple of months. My family and I are making plans to move to North Carolina in about a …
My mother always loved to tell me the story of when I was a baby and the only way she was able to get me to sleep was by singing.
Keeping up with kids, work, and household chores can be stressful. Here are 5 simple ways to get through each day without completely losing your mind.
Daily life with an almost 3-year-old is far from boring. Each day I get to watch Evie explore her surroundings. I marvel at her imagination, problem solving skills, her ability to learn new things, and the various situations and trouble she invariably finds herself in. I’m constantly on my toes just trying to keep up with her.
When I was a stay-at-home mom and my husband worked a full-time job with set hours, finding time to write was extremely easy. My daughter, Evie, slept the whole night in her room till about 8 or 9AM. Hubby woke early for work, and I’d get up with him. After he left I’d have about …
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Andre and I had our first miscarriage in May 2015. I was only about two or three weeks along, but I still felt an incredible amount of sadness. The following August, at about eleven weeks, we had our second miscarriage. We named this one Chris, going with a gender-neutral name since it had been too …
In last week’s post I divulged the fact that I’m terrible at housekeeping, yet determined to be better and invited you all to follow me on my journey. Many of you came up with some GREAT tips and advice, so thank you for that! One suggestion was to keep a routine so it doesn’t get …
Okay, I have a confession to make. I suck at being a housewife.
No seriously, I suck at it. In the spirit of transparency, the photo above is of the current state of my living room. Yeah, I know. It’s bad.
The current time is 2:44am EST. The picture above was taken about an hour ago, after a long day with the toddler, followed by a busy evening at work, followed by laying in the bed with said toddler till she fell asleep and *stayed asleep*. So, since I’m still up, allow me to tell you …
