Like most moms, I had a plethora of ideals about motherhood and how I would raise my children before becoming a mom. Ideals like, my children will only eat the healthiest foods, they won’t have more than a couple of hours of screen time each day, they will be rule-followers, and when I discipline them, […]
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From our eyes to God’s ears, our tears tell a story that our minds can’t always conceptualize and leaves our mouths empty of words to describe the events that have brought us to our knees. Have you ever had a good cry? I mean a cry where you didn’t quite know why you were crying
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The earth yields so many lessons that can be easy for us to overlook and even take for granted. Lessons like a seed being planted and inevitably sprouting into what looked to be hidden inside of it all along, like a tree being rooted into the ground and eventually growing into this majestic element providing
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Parenting is one of two roles many individuals get into and are oblivious to the true essence of it, yet will give and receive so much unsolicited advice about it. Most, if not all, individuals enter parenthood some-what ignorant to what the expectations and sacrifices really are. Because parenting is so hard, many of us
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If I’m being honest, these past few weeks I’ve felt more emotionally heavy and uncertain than usual. I’ve had to be intentional with my time, space, my capacity to take on things, and especially my thoughts. This weekend I took some time to partake in some much needed self-care. As desired as this particular self-
So often the measure of a good mom is determined by who her children become. Although this holds some truth, when we consider the reality that the only people we can truly control are ourselves, this statement becomes relatively false. What if, as moms, we hold pride in the fact that we are good moms
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Do you ever look at your child as a baby and wonder where they will be in the next 50 years? What kind of challenges they will endure as they grow? What role they will play in the evolution of the family? Do these thoughts overwhelm you? Well, they overwhelm me. Something about watching my
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Parenting is hard work! When I thought of becoming a mom, I often envisioned parenting as me holding my baby, loving and caring for them, always smiling, always giving my best. This was such a fantasy when talking about the reality of parenting. Once I began having kids, I was hit with the harsh reality
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Since becoming a parent I’ve grown a deeper respect and reverence for the people my parents were as they raised my siblings and I. As I’ve grown older, I see my parents more as individuals than parents; and I’ve learned to understand that they are imperfect just like me, trying to figure this parenting thing
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I have been so distracted lately. I am not exactly sure the reason but I feel the effects. Lately, I have had a hard time focusing on the things I need to do and instead, I get overwhelmed with thoughts and do nothing. This causes me to become mentally exhausted because I have so many
Hi there! I am so thankful that you stopped by. I am not sure what brought you here but my hope is that you found something to brighten your day or transcend your worldview about motherhood while visiting.