Raising Youngins

My mom loves laundry. Like LOVES laundry. She says it is her way of showing love and service to her family – taking something dirty and unwanted then returning it clean and folded with love ready for another adventure. I look at laundry a little differently. Laundry is the messy death pit of unending chores…

We dress for work. We dress for bed. We dress to workout. But do we dress to play? I recently came to this aha moment that I wasn’t dressing for what I wanted to accomplish with my children. I would arrive home after work to immediately take off my jeans and bra (duh!) and put…

“Mama, I want to be just like you.” Cue the “stop you in your tracks, mind racing to everything you’ve ever done wrong in your whole life, have I eaten a vegetable in the last day, when was my last mental cuss word, can she tell I’m speeding, why can’t having kids be easier,” moment.…

It was a rough morning… tired from retucking a coughing kid all night, clothes were not going on children, pooping was happening as we’re walking out the door and breakfast food wasted… we all get into the car as it’s pouring down rain and I take a deep breath and remind myself that these kids…

If you’re reading this as a stay-at-home mom, don’t be offended by anything. I’m writing from my perspective of a working mom because that’s all I’ve ever been… I remember the first time I dropped by daughter off at school. I walked in a strong mama, ready to conquer the working mama world. My daughter’s…

May 2022 I recently classified myself as an angry mom. It’s a convicting game changer when you realize you really do turn into a psycho when your kids trigger you. I will admit the “why did I even have kids” phrase has gone through my mind when I think my son will literally never stop…