This one is a bit heavy today; if anyone knows me, I absolutely detest confrontation, and am usually buttoned up about all issues political or social because I know what I believe and I simply hate to argue with anyone about it. But these thoughts were so heavy on my mind that I had to […]
My baby girl is about to turn two years old tomorrow!! I tell you what, nothing makes you feel old like seeing time passing by in hyperspeed as kids grow and change right in front of your eyes! In the past two weeks, she’s been potty trained, speaks in some sentences, counts to ten by […]
Hey y’all!! Free stuff alert!!! To celebrate reaching 100+ followers on the blog, I’ve decided to do a fun giveaway to say how much I appreciate you! I love when you open up a post or an article, and the author seems to have taken all of the scattered pieces of your brain and heart […]
For this week’s post, I want to start with some visualization exercises – to start, please envision a hippopotamus. If you need help, here’s what one looks like: Now please close your eyes and imagine that hippo running through quicksand, clad in spandex. BINGO! That is exactly what I feel like when I run! And […]
Ok, reason number 4,367 that you know you’re a mom – the absolute biggest highlight of your week was finding a nice park for the kids to play so you can be outside for awhile! One of the downsides to being in an apartment with toddlers is that there is absolutely no space to play […]
We’ve been trying to fight the battle of being occupied vs. occupying yourself here in this house lately. I’m trying to get the kids to the point where they can play better independently and it’s been a struggle since every time I leave them on their own for 5 seconds, there is fighting. I’ve been […]
Have you guys ever seen those “Pinterest-fail” posts online? It’s so hysterically funny to see the misshapen cakes, ugly crafts and butchered home haircuts – but if we are honest, doesn’t life go that way? I feel like most parts of my life are a game of “Expectation vs. Reality” with me clinging so tightly […]
This is one of those posts that is trying to get out all on its own, and I have to write it when no one else is around because the tears are probably going to stream down my face as I type. For me, writing is, and always has been cathartic, and sometimes it just […]
Blah. It feels like winter goes on forever here in the Mid-Atlantic. The sun was finally shining today, but it was still chilly for most of the day, and we aren’t out of the woods yet with this cold-ish season. I have been having a serious mom-blah spell lately of feeling like I’m stuck in […]
Have you ever had a moment where the enormity of eternity just washes over you like a big, thundering, drowning wave? I have been thinking a lot about grace recently, and reading about it, and watching sermons on it. When you really stop to think about what Jesus did on the cross, as we are […]
