Here we are. After spending the great majority of the last five years together, today the rest of the world gets the majority of you.
To My Daughter On Her First Day of Kindergarten:
Category: Finished Thoughts
Celebrating 10 Years of Southern Living
In college I had been dating a guy for 2 weeks. We were falling hard and fast for each other, so I knew I needed to tell him before things got any more serious. I planned on moving to the beach after I graduated. Specifically somewhere in North Carolina. I had known this my whole life. Before I decided this…
A Sweet Lesson in Giving Back
Post Updated 5/2019 with current stand information. I couldn’t wait to have kids that were old enough to sell lemonade at a lemonade stand. It is one of those mom-dreams, like catching fire flies and cloud gazing, that I would fantasize about when imagining life with kids. Does it get any better? And then one day as I was feeding…
Being Enough, On Mother’s Day and Always
Motherhood. Wow, what a rush, huh?! An endless cycle of need and want and guilt and never feeling like you’re enough. Yesterday evening I found myself in the Emergency Department, tapping my toe waiting on the doctor who said “give me a few minutes,” to come back and sew up my middle daughter’s lip. (I always knew…
To My First Baby, On Your 7th Birthday
Hi Baby, I know that you think that word ‘baby’ doesn’t apply anymore, but you’ve got to accept that to me it always will. But I want to tell you a secret. I’m glad you’re not a baby anymore. This past year with you has actually been one of my favorites. 6 was so much…
Easter Basket Ideas
This post contains affiliate links, which just means I may make a commission from purchases made through these links but at no extra cost to you. I love Easter. A sign of new life, the promise of warmer weather, and chocolate. Plus, almost 7 years ago the Easter Bunny brought us our first baby on Easter Sunday. Needless to…
To the Haters
Today was a big day in our house. Our famous-for-his-hair surfer dude decided it was time to take the plunge {or the chop} and go for the big cut. I will say he emotionally prepared me well for this moment because the last time he had a hair appointment he told me it was going to happen. And “okay buddy,…
Why You Need to Be Prepared for a Medical Emergency With Kids
Recently FB reminded me that ‘on this day’ 2 years ago I wrote about this on my timeline. I still sit in the same dining room chair at every meal and sometimes find myself purposefully avoiding eye contact with the ground where I had laid him during all of this. It was hard to read. But talking about the hard…
New Year’s One Word Focus
Now. Our family decided to jump on the New Year’s one word focus bandwagon instead of the usual list of New Year’s resolutions. Where you choose a single word to focus on and apply to all that you do instead of getting wrapped up in lists of specific resolutions, surely to disappoint. And my word is now. …
My Victory Lap: Celebrating Mom-Goals
This my friends. This is not just a glorious looking margarita. This is my victory lap. For the last 7 and a half years of my life, with the exception of 4 months somewhere in between, I have been either pregnant or breastfeeding. And for that I am beyond grateful. But let that sink in for just a…