I recently attended a friend’s wedding in Berkeley, California. It was small outdoor ceremony overlooking a lush park. The bride and groom vowed their...
The day I decided to not give a flying you-know-what about what others thought of my parenting skills, was the day I became a...
There's nothing like a job search to make me feel underqualified and undervalued. As a military spouse who has moved five times in the...
As a breastfeeding mother, I've had my fair share of inappropriate comments, questions and unsolicited advice. Sometimes I've been dumbfounded. Rarely I've been mad. But...

When Motherhood Feels Heavy

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Motherhood is unlike anything else. I know that sounds incredibly cliche, but it's true. It's more than a job. It's more than a position...
  "Sometimes you feel foolish, even look foolish, but you do the thing anyway.” –Gus, The Go Giver   She’s beautiful, collected, approachable and she's oozing self-confidence. Her...
The guilt I am ridden with as I write this post is consuming me. To think that my beautiful children that I waited a...
Back in July of 2017, I wrote my very first Military Moms blog. It spoke to the newness of being a military spouse. It...
Open up a credit card to make travel cheaper? Sounds pretty counter-intuitive, right? Actually it isn’t, and I'm here to explain why every military...
Long before we got pregnant, I knew I’d be a boy mom.  Not just any boy mom, a #boymom. You know what I’m talking...

A Poem for Postpartum Moms

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So you just had a baby… I think it counts within a year! Our lives are probably similar I am here to say, “Have no fear!”   You’re not...
I cried at Chick-fil-A today. I went there to eat my feelings, but instead I ended up making everyone around me exceptionally uncomfortable.  I fully...

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The Invisible Load of Supporting Love, Duty and Ambition

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When Support Feels Like a Full-Time Job Bedtime is finally here, again. The house is quiet. But your mind is racing through a never-ending...

Normalized Overwhelm