As the last few days of summer start to dwindle away, I find myself not being able to sleep at night, tossing and turning, wondering if I did enough… Did I do enough to make this summer fun for them? Did we make enough good memories? Why are so many of the bad sticking out […]
You’re One Tough Cookie
“You are one tough cookie” I received this this text from a friend after we got home from a late night, where we ended up in conversation about something very personal. I immediately shot back a text of “yeah right”… and then went on to list all the reasons why I wasn’t in fact tough, […]
Falling in Love With Disney-Part two: 10 Helpful Disney Tips
As many of you know my family and I enjoy 10 wonderful days in Florida over spring break. While there we took the kids to Disney World for 3 days! Two of the days we spent at Magic Kingdom and one of the days we went to Animal Kingdom. And friends, I have to […]
Falling in Love with Disney- Part one: Our experience.
We walked through the gates of Magic kingdom, and all I could think was “we had finally made it to Disney.” After a year of saving and planning, and years of talking about it, we had finally made it. At first I was a bit overwhelmed by all of the people. I’m not really a […]
He believed he could.
My nine year old joined me during my workout and as we dropped down to do burpees, his not so little feet hopped in front of my view and there they were… his scars I had almost forgotten all about. As he jumped up and down my eyes welled with tears. Burpees tend to have […]
“Save me a seat”
It wasn’t very long ago that my kids would all fight over who was going to sit by me at dinner. They would all rush to the seat next to mine, pushing each other along the way, all in desperate need to sit by me. I always found it so funny. I wasn’t sure what […]
Standing Firm As Our World Falls
He was angry with me. So very angry. It was the first time in his 8 years of life that he wasn’t giving in either. He was holding strong, and so was I. I watched him as he walked out of the house and stood at the end of the driveway, with his back to me. […]
Darlin, Wear the Perfume.
I was about five years old when I started to take notice of my grandma’s perfume collection. She had a few different bottles on her vanity, all neatly displayed, ready to be used whenever she saw fit. But my favorite was this yellow triangle shaped bottle. I would sit and open all the tops of […]
The Most Surprising Thing About Motherhood
I had yelled at them.. almost on the brink of out right screaming. They looked back at me with such sadness. I was so tired.. just completely exhausted by life. It was my fault, really. My fault I was so tired. I ran myself ragged to keep up with everything on my mental to-do list… […]
Do I Look Beautiful?
She ran into my bedroom and swirled around with her bright pink tutu on. “I am a princess!!” She shouted for the whole neighborhood to hear, smiling ear to ear. She then stopped in front of the mirror turned to the side with her face looking over her shoulder, with her booty sticking out and […]
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