Sometimes, whether by choice or not, burning the old down in order for something new to be born, is necessary. Even though not much has changed in my circumstances, a new spirit and a new perspective has been born. To quickly recap, I have been on a journey for the last eight years to find purpose and life in the everyday monotony of raising little kids. A job that I prayed for desperately, but had no idea that I wouldn't be very good at, or mentally prepared for the roller coaster of. No ...
To the Mom Who Lost Her Sh*t Today
I've been saying I'm in a hard season of motherhood for about...well, 8 years now, which is the exact total of how long I have been a mom. Every night, I lay in bed exhausted and thankful that my most favorite part of the day has finally arrived: SLEEP. But I quickly become energized when I scroll pictures of my littles on my phone vowing that tomorrow I am going to do a better job, and get it right. Yes, tomorrow will be the day that I will be the mom that I always wanted to be. You ...
Creating Home: Gallery Wall In the Dining Room
One of my favorite interior designers, Kristen over at LifeStyledCo, regularly creates a gallery wall moment in each of her projects and I decided that the inspiration was finally in need a home here too. This is not a how-to blog post, because: You wouldn't want to do things how I do them because I am not a perfectionist and my husband usually has to go in behind and me adjust all nail holes and frames #okayest Just Google someone else's tutorial on best practices for gallery walls ...
Taking Rejection Out of The Driver’s Seat: Learning to Persevere in the Face of Rejection
"I hate you!" "I'm not going to be your best friend anymore!" If you've mothered children older than the age of two, you've most likely heard these statements at least once or twice. As the children get older, it might be accompanied by slamming doors, throwing of nearby objects, or the latest to happen in our house - one just straight up walked out of the house and "ran away" (a neighbor texted us shortly thereafter and said she found him wandering the neighborhood admitting he had "run ...
Finding Your Purpose: Taking Inventory of What Gives You Life & Your Current Season
The more days I live amongst others, the more universal I find the desire for each of us to know that our lives count and matter for something, and we want to know exactly what our unique purpose on Earth is. This is specifically a question that has kept me on a journeying path for YEARS as a mom, wondering when, why, how, I would make an impact. As if the small tinies right in front of me weren't enough. Whether motherhood is the answer for you or not, the universal desire to know our life ...
Family Disney Cruise Tips & Tricks
We made it! Our first official big family vacation in the books: Disney Cruise to the Bahamas - check! And before the magic wears off, I wanted to share my tips and tricks for how to best navigate a Disney Cruise, because as I've learned now, there is always a significant learning curve to these things (theme parks and Disney stuff in general), and if you're anything like me, you want to get the most bang for your buck on the first try! ...
Off Duty Mom: Why I Don’t Entertain My Children
Yesterday I shared all of the fun things that are filling up our suitcases as we gear up for our first big family vacation, and I encourage you to check it out if you have an upcoming trip - it's truly helpful stuff! Today though, I am talking about how on this vacation, and just in life, I am not my kids' full time Cruise Director. We've had several snow days this week, and thus that has meant unstructured play and gobs of unplanned time to fill. Once the initial novelty of the snow ...