Oh my sweet girl, you amaze and impress me every day… but especially today, the day you started a new preschool. You attended PreK last year too when we lived in the city, but this felt different. Today felt bigger. It felt more momentous, in big part because you’re now going five days a week and because I drop you off at the curb. (I seriously had a moment of… how can I just hand you off to a … [Read more...]
The Courage to be Vulnerable: Book Review of ‘Daring Greatly’ by Brene Brown
I’m going to get vulnerable here… and this is new for me. I feel like I’ve always been concerned with how other people perceived me. I always worried that I was too awkward and too weird. Or maybe too quiet. Or that I never knew what to say. In turn, I never felt “good enough.” It’s something I’ve been working on for awhile, basically ever since I’ve had kids, because I saw (and see on a daily … [Read more...]
More than Mom: How I Lost – and Found – Myself After Having Kids
They said kids change everything. You lose sleep over them. You cry over them. Your schedule revolves around them and their needs, and somehow through it all, your heart grows with so much love. In the process, your world changes SO much. What I didn’t know, and didn’t quite expect, is just how much becoming a parent and motherhood would also change me... and how it keeps changing me as they get … [Read more...]
Giving Yourself Permission to Ask for Help
I 100% stand by the fact that work life harmony is possible. But here’s the thing: sometimes life and work, and everything in between, can get, shall we say, overwhelming? And sometimes, we just need to ask for help. If I’m being honest with myself, the past couple months have been really hard. We put an offer on a house in February, closed on the house in April, and immediately dove into … [Read more...]
5 Activities To Keep Young Kids Entertained So You Can Get Stuff Done (No Pinterest Skills Required)
My work at home “schedule” typically means working during quiet/nap time and after bed, but since I’m spending my kids’ sleep times working, it doesn’t leave much time for other things like laundry, dishes, and getting other household stuff done. Sure, the kids can “help” out even at their age, kind of. Buster has gotten pretty good at handing me all the utensils from the dishwasher. Little … [Read more...]
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