This Parenting Thing
My Second Birth – A Story Of Love
This is the second part in my 3-part series sharing my birth stories. If you haven’t read the first one yet, you can find it at Normalize All Motherhood Journeys. I’m sharing my stories to highlight what many women face…
Normalize All Motherhood Journeys
So I’ve recently realized that I don’t really talk about being a mom, or even how I began my mom journey. So today, we are going down memory lane together, and I’m going to talk about it. So go get…
The Crisis Line
This is the second post in my series “Misunderstood Mom.” Catch the first one over HERE. My daughter was 3 at the time, and we spent so much of our time locked in my room together. I feared for everyone.…
A Misunderstood Mom
This is the first installment of a series surrounding the struggles of being a mom with mental illness and raising a child who is struggling during quarantine. Being in quarantine is tough AF! As is being a very misunderstood mom.…
Wondering About His Dreams
As he lay there sleeping, I can’t help but wonder, what does he dream about? What does he see when he closes his eyes? What does the world look like from his perspective? What do I look like from his…
Mama Life This Week
Deep down in my heart, I know that I love my children. I do know that. But lately, I have been wondering, what about me. I suppose because I had my children so early and young in life, it has…
Inspirational Jewelry
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The Sleepover
My youngest child is two and a half and has yet to make it through a sleep-over. This past Friday, there was a plan for him to have a sleepover at their grandparents house with his sister. He was SO…
Little and Fierce
Six years ago today, I sat by my window in my big rocking chair, rocking my brand new baby. She was now 24 hours old, and I remember looking at her, and feeling such awe. I couldn`t understand how something…
Post-Partum Depression
My little girl came into the world exactly when she was due to. October 21, 2013. She came as if she was in a rush. Almost as if she had somewhere to be, or something to do maybe. She was…
Breastfeeding
I knew that with baby #3 I was going to breastfeed. I had tried for 1 day with baby #2, but it just wasn`t for me. Baby #3 was going to be my last, and I was determined to have…
Back to School for my Babies
Well that time of year has come again, and it`s back to school time. Though I have been saying for a while that I needed school to begin again and life to go back to `normal`, it still takes me…
Winding Roads
Today, I really felt like doing something. But, not just going to the park here in town. I go to the park everyday. And, not just going for a walk either. I do that everyday as well. See, being a…
Nobody wants to talk about it…
If you are a mama then you likely will be able to relate to this. If not, then you can just learn, and be empathetic. When you are pregnant, you go through that intense 9 months of discomfort and emotions.…
The Scoop on Potty-Training
It seems as if once a baby turns 2 years old, then it is assumed that it`s time to begin the dreaded POTTY-TRAINING. First off, I`d like to know who made this a rule?! It is a requirement for SO…
