I want my daughter to grow up knowing that she is intelligent, strong, powerful, and confident. I want my daughter to know that her outside beauty is not the most important piece of her but is only a small part of...
Recently I was scrolling through Facebook and saw the most adorable picture of my friend’s little girl playing with her toys. Her cute little pig tails and big cheesy grin made me smile on a dark and dreary morning....
The entire time I was pregnant everyone told me: "you don’t really know what love it until you see that baby for the first time’. Every book I read implied the same, and my friends that were becoming mommas...
God blessed me with the tremendous gift of being a mother. He carefully chose me to be the mother of a sensitive and bright little boy and a feisty yet caring little girl. These children have changed me, there’s no...
I will sit and talk to you about my mom all day long. And I have sat and talked with many about my mom. But I've never talked about my mom like this.
I miss my mom. It stinks. I...
Ever since my daughter's first birthday in July, I have had a very consistent back and forth struggle going on inside my head. That struggle is, the decision of whether or not to have another baby.
There are not...
I will never forget the day that my baby blues kicked in. My son was 11 days old. I was recovering from a c-section must slower than I wanted. My nipples were completely destroyed and suddenly, now inverted. Umm,...
"It's the only surprise left in life!"
Isn't most of life a surprise? Even so, my husband and I fell in love with the idea of not finding out the gender* of our baby. There are many reasons couples decide...
With the onset of winter weather it seems like car wrecks, spin outs, or vehicles in the ditch are part of the regular commute for us Michiganders. As a mom every time I pass by one I do a...