motherhood

Don’t let a to-do list stand between you + happiness

Joy is often found in the mess. 

Mama, you deserve a break

And you need a break. A break from perfectionism. A break from self-sacrifice. A break from being everything to everyone else at all times.

Why I’m raising my child with faith—even though it’s not always easy

I’m doing it, even though sometimes people question my faith or suggest it’s unimportant. 

Even though it’s worth it, let’s admit parenting fatigue is REAL

Beyond the level of physical exhaustion is that induced by parenting.

Being your mother is the hardest, best thing I’ll ever do

This isn’t easy. But it sure is generously rewarded by love.

I’m not letting ticks ruin our summer

At a certain point of my tick-research, I think I have become so pissed at these ticks that I just decided to started living.

When you see the mom whose child is having a meltdown, here’s what she needs you to do

Parenting a child with public meltdowns feels isolating. So when a hand reaches out, it makes all the difference.

To my almost birthday boy, on the eve of the day that changed everything

Before your birthday, I loved. After your birthday, my heart aches under the monumental weight of its love for you.

To the mom on the brink of burnout

It’s a tricky feeling to know that our lives as mothers, and all that comes with it, has left us feeling burnt out. Because what are we going to do? We still need to go on, and get everything done.

When ‘slow living’ still feels busy and stressful

Emphasis on the word “living”—because how “slow” can the life of a mother really be?

Raising kids away from family is hard, but you can do it

By growing our family away from extended family (and their help), we’ve learned that there is nothing more valuable than creating a strong network of friends who are like family.

Viral wedding video of vows to a stepson shows there’s more than one way to become a mama

Families are made because of love—not just DNA. ?

My 3-year-old does these 7 tasks for himself—because they empower him

And because it’s teaching him self-sufficiency and responsibility. (Plus, it’s helpful to mama!) 

I’m not pregnant, but I’m expecting

You don’t have to be pregnant to be an expectant mother—or else we’d never use the term “expectant father,” right?

The mother in us is born, too

Mothering must rise up in us, not be scripted onto us.

An ode to my husband’s sweatpants

Thank God I stole these from my husband because really—what would my life be without them?

There’s no one ‘right way’ to parent your child

Sometimes finding peace with parenting is as simple as cutting yourself a break.

The 10 people you’ll LOVE after giving birth

To the friends, family, medical professionals, treasured neighbors and kind strangers: THANK YOU. ?

Tired mama: Believe the people who say they want to help

When we say no to help from our friends, we are robbing them of their happiness. And let’s be honest, we are robbing ourselves of some much-needed help.

Dear pregnant mama: Take the nap

Don't question it. Just do it.