I’m a firm believer that new days bring new beginnings. If you read my post from last night you’re well aware that yesterday evening was quite a doozie. The beauty of parenting though is that typically in the midst of chaos there are always sprinkles of triumphs and happy moments. Fore example, what I didn’t… Continue reading Motherhood: Thank goodness for new days
You know that moment when you need to breathe into the brown paper bag to stop yourself from hurling? That’s what parenting, specifically being a mom, sometimes feels like to me. Tonight I had to go into the restroom and hold a towel to my mouth to muffle the sounds of my sobbing. I thought… Continue reading Motherhood: Currently experiencing high turbulence
There is no greater moment where I feel God's hand on me then when my 2 year old is having yet another epic meltdown and I truly feel like, this is it. I'm about to lose my shit. It is like an out of body experience. But he in is greatness and love for me… Continue reading Life doesn’t stop during meltdowns
I am a lonely voice in the dark. Sitting here on our bathroom floor it hits me that I have become a line I once read in a book. I am so emotionally and physically exhausted it feels like my body is floating. All I want to do is close my eyes and cry. For… Continue reading The lonely voice of a mom
I woke up with a bit of a heavy heart today. I didn’t feel it though until after I had already dropped off Elysse at my parent’s place and Celeste at school. I felt the heaviness as I drove out of the parking lot of Celeste’s school and because I knew what was coming I… Continue reading If not Jesus, what then?
I am terribly afraid of heights, to the point that I have a tough time standing close to the rail on the second level of our local mall and looking straight down without feeling a bit of anxiety and flip flops in my stomach. Since becoming a mom I have gained some incredible courage that… Continue reading Perfect love casts out fear
It’s 3:30am when I hear “mami!” from the baby monitor and I know it’s Elysse. It’s mostly always Elysse. As I stumble to the girls bedroom and as I try to soothe her to sleep she tells me “mami, popo” (yes, poopoo). Which stuns me a little because, well, the last time my little one… Continue reading What do toddlers do at 4am?
There are some days that the exhaustion I feel enveloping my entire body is more than I can handle. I feel anxiety rising from my belly to my throat and it’s as if a hard canon ball is just sitting there in my throat, stuck with no way of getting out, and I feel I… Continue reading The keeper of my thoughts
I read somewhere that young children tend to open up and share most when they are chatting while riding in the back seat or during bath time. True or not, I have to say I’ve heard some absolutely awesome thoughts from my daughter in both scenarios. Yesterday our oldest was telling me all about her… Continue reading Back seat talk
Dear God, please fast forward time and let bed time be now. Work is usually my escape time from the chaos that is sometimes parenthood, motherhood, etc. Except today I spent FOUR hours trying to process payroll. Because our new payroll company decided it would be a good idea to leave input of our first… Continue reading When the toilet overflows
Purse Meets Diaper Bag 