If you’re wondering why I haven’t blogged in, well, too long, it’s this: Pregnancy and motherhood have kicked my butt. Scares and ultrasounds through the first trimester. Monitoring our son in Seattle every few weeks during my second trimester, all to be told he looked perfect at 29 weeks. Then being in the hospital twice for…
Dear husbands, I need your attention for a minute or two. I want to talk about something important. It’s so important that it keeps me up at night trying to figure it out. I can promise you this, it keeps your wife up at night too. There is no easy solution, and it’s a huge…
I just couldn’t shake this last school shooting. It took place just an hour down the road from us, and that made it seem all the more scary. I don’t know why, but when it’s in your own backyard, you tend to sit up and pay attention. I couldn’t believe how young the kids involved…
Motherhood is not an easy task. When you hear the term, “nitty gritty,” motherhood easily comes to mind. Being a mother is a whirlwind of joy and heartache that exhilarates and exhausts. Sometimes the intensity of that love is even overwhelming. In that first moment, when you look that child in the eyes, mountains could…
My husband travels a lot for his job. He attends conferences all over the country. This leaves me in charge of the house and the kids. If you have a spouse who travels a lot, you know how hard it can be for everyone involved. There are still times I want to cry my head…