I’m not going to lie to you, I feel like I suck as a stay-at-home mom. I know it’s the ages my kids are at right now and a little bit of the winter blues setting in, but every day starts out as a mental battle for myself to slap a smile on and tackle the…
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The Pressure of Vacation + Why I’m a Really Bad Mom
When I was younger, my siblings and I would always cringe when vacation time rolled around with the fam, because it meant just one thing from our mother: Endless pestering with the question, “Are you guys having fun?” We would all groan and force plastered smiles on our face and point out the seemingly obvious…
Do I Just Suck At This?
At this very moment, my husband is in the kitchen with all three children, entertaining them with a rousing game of “Simon Says.” He just walked in the door a few minutes ago, and after doing a baby hand-off, I escaped to my office with a homemade hazelnut mocha to do my weekly work on…
The Time I Forgot To Buckle My Son’s Carseat
You know those days when you just feel on top of your game in the mom world? When you’re all like yeah, I got this, I can hold a baby and switch a load of laundry and make a phone call and feed the kids lunch and scrub a toilet in between? Look at me…