I experienced many challenging days as a new mother. I spilled my guts in a previous post about how difficult it was for me to...
We all know that our children are not born with instruction manuals to hand us at their births. No one in the world can...
As our family embarks on our third go around with parenthood (surprise!! THIS one really is the last!), I’m happily discovering that this pregnancy...
I am going to just come right out and say it. I have been having an affair ... with H-E-B.
The first time we met,...
As I was in the middle of surviving, yes surviving, three weeks of winter break with my husband deployed and no family visits planned,...
I recently had a conversation with the spouse of an active-duty military member that got me thinking.
We were trying to set up a play...
Tis' the season for resolutions! In case you don't already have an overwhelming agenda of things to live up to this year ;) may...
Depending on when you PCS, birthday parties can be hard for military kids. There’s nothing like showing up in a new town, not knowing...
It was a big, well, let’s just say "discussion" in our house. An ongoing discussion that lasted for months. My oldest son, who has...
When the nesting urge struck me recently, it struck like lightning. Everything that lingered on my to-do list for the last eight months suddenly...
Despite being a busy wife, caregiver, volunteer, and homeschooling mama of five, I seem to find myself playing silly social media games quite frequently....
A dear friend of mine wrote a blog On Becoming A Mom Who Plays. I can't even begin to tell you how much that struggle resonates....
Military Lifestyle
Normalized Overwhelm
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...
