As we plan to start the new school year, I'm reflecting upon all that happened last year. And it was quite the eventful one, to say the least. Last school year I had a first grader and a second...
I have a lot of people fooled. They think I'm doing great since giving birth. They think everything seems normal. They believe that I am fine. They are under the impression that I am this “amazing” person.
On all...
Motherhood is something I began dreaming of as a young girl. I laid in a tall, grass field with pigtails in my hair and dandelion petals falling on my dusty purple dress while thinking of how someday my mini-me,...
Before I had children, I was the perfect Mom.
Yes, you read that correctly. I said BEFORE. You might think that sounds backwards. Let me explain…
Before I became a mom, I was really good at observing parents. I...
I see you.
Cringing as your small child screams their ever-loving head off.
Pulling your own hair out as one child cries, two play calmly on the floor and another sits contently in your shopping cart in Target.
Rolling your eyes...
Babies. Most everyone loves them. I don't know if its the newness, the smell, or the fact that you don't remember that time in your own life. Or, maybe, if you are a parent your own babies grew so...
How do you teach your children about compassion and responsibility?
My 16 year old son Lucas, two year old son Nolan, five year old daughter Lydia and I had the privilege of watching one of our cows give birth to...
As a mom, I haven’t had “husband sleep" since the year 2014 {before my, ahem, little angels entered the world}. What's husband sleep? The dead-to-the-whole-world-falling-apart sleep.
Even though being a mom calls for sleeping with one ear open for the...
It was too soon. I planned my first pregnancy to the T. Hudson was born on his due date. But this one, this pregnancy, wasn’t in my plan. I wasn’t ready. I started complaining about the positive test right...