“I might have to divide my time now. I might have to hold your sister more. I might have to feed her instead of playing with you. But I didn’t forget about you.”
To My Firstborn: I Hope You Know I Didn’t Forget About You
‘Your kids want to see how amazing you are. They need to see you reach your goals.’: Mom shares important reminder not to put off your dreams
“I’m begging you, please do not put off your happiness and progression because you’re a mother. It may not come quickly, easily, or effortlessly, but that doesn’t mean it can’t come at all.”
‘I was home alternating rapidly between ‘totally chill, this is great’ and ‘tell me again why school buses don’t have seatbelts?!’: Mom shares learning to balance parenting anxiety
“I’m not a helicopter parent, or a free range parent, or a snow plow parent. I think I’m more of a ‘let them go and then panic the whole time’ parent. Is there a name for that?”
‘I think about boys, now men, fighting in a war nobody wanted. Teens, just like mine, protecting their country with their lives.’: Mom shares ‘grief and gratitude’ having her son home safe
“Teens who would rather wind the clock hands back a few years to be children again than face the very real possibility they might not live to see their dreams realized.”
‘Our generation shapes future generations of women. What do we want for them?’: Mom encourages women to ‘loudly speak their truth’ in honor of International Women’s Day
“I know I want them to never feel like they’re ‘too much.’ I want my girls to feel like the strong, capable, nurturing, intellectual, magical beings they were created to be. I never want them to think twice about being themselves.”
When ‘Staying Together For The Kids’ Is No Longer An Option
“We packed up our entire life and moved 12 hours away to Nashville, Tennessee.”
‘If there are children who need parents, why not foster or adopt?’: Foster dad shares increased purpose, understanding of foster care
“Why invest and attach when those relationships might have an approaching expiration date? Why trade golf outings and weekend trips for extra loads of laundry? Now that I’m a foster dad, I finally have an alternate perspective compared to ‘why not?'”
This International Women’s Day, I Want To Celebrate Every Special Needs Mother
“These women are the strongest people I know, but they probably don’t believe it about themselves. Today, I want to celebrate them.”
Watching My Firstborn Become A Sibling Has Been So Charmingly Sweet
“For a long time, we weren’t sure if we would have another baby. Now our second child is almost here, and although the chaos will double, as well as the laundry, I know the love will, too.”
I Overcame My Fear Of Childbirth To Have A Blissful Labor Experience
“My midwife came running into the room just in time to catch the baby. They put her on my chest, and I could not believe the experience I just had.”