As I’ve written before, I came to motherhood late in the game. My husband and I celebrated our eleventh anniversary a few months before...
Mom Gut. Maternal instinct. You have it. Trust it. I loved this article by Michelle Martin of the Huffington Post. It speaks volumes about emotional intelligence (EI) and...
Well ladies, I did it again. Had another baby that is -- this time in Argentina. This was our third baby and third country...
“It could be nothing ... or it could be ... something.” With those words so casually mentioned by my doctor after a recent regularly scheduled...
Last week, I got home from work after an overnight shift to learn that my daughter had thrown up just a few minutes prior....
  I have heard lots of older adults marvel at baby carriers, fancy double strollers, and other baby gear that they would have appreciated in...
I'm fine. I heard myself say it all the time. It was the standard response to any inquiry of my day, my mood, my life,...
I am wary of crowdsourcing many of my life questions. To say I'm reluctant to ask for parenting opinions, political advice or other serious...
The days are quickly approaching where my sweet school-aged children will be released from school for the summer! Home with me. All day. Every day. And a little...
In honor of Mother’s Day, we interviewed a military mom from each of the past eight decades. We enjoyed hearing what has changed and...
Marriage and motherhood are no piece of cake. I try to stay on top of things around the house, and I try to keep...
  I’m a book nerd through and through. I have ALWAYS enjoyed nothing more than losing myself in a good story. In an effort to...

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Normalized Overwhelm

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Over the Edge I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...