1. How many people call you mom? Three people call me mom - twin girls (9) and a son (7) 2. Describe life as mom in one word. humbling. 3. What do you wish someone had told you about mothering in the beginning? There isn’t just one right way to… Read More →

I have declared this the Summer of Freedom. Every year since my first baby stepped bold into our family all joy and determination, summer has mostly slipped by unnoticed. I blame this in part on the fact that there was no such thing as a “school year” for us. Summer… Read More →

I’m sitting here on the porch underneath a blanket in the middle of June. And no, I don’t live in a part of the world where it is supposed to be this cold in the summer. Somehow the weather forgot to check the calendar and line itself up according to… Read More →

Three years ago I transitioned from being a stay-at-home mom to a working mom. I told myself that I was ready. My baby girl was in preschool so I thought it was time. When I was home with my girls I worked hard at being intentional with my girls. I… Read More →

It’s early in the morning when I hear a faint knocking on my office door (an office tucked into the corner of my closet). I smile knowing what I’ll find when I open it, a little toddler girl in wrinkly pajamas, missing one sock, clutching a blankie and baby doll… Read More →

Every six or eight weeks (or ten if life has been especially crazy), I head to Wal-Mart or CVS or Walgreens to stand in what I refer to as the “aisle of dreams” where you can buy a little box of magic. I do this because I’m vain. Because I am… Read More →