My Wisdom

My husband and I have always vowed to be grateful for what we have and to never take anything for granted. We also promised when we were financially at our poorest, to...

2019 was an epic year for my family, fraught with both excitement and tragedy. Most importantly, it was one of the most phenomenally strange years of my life. After a fun night...

My family survived what I thought was impossible. We managed to sell our home in a very slow market and buy our dream home twenty minutes away. We had many obstacles to...

My youngest daughter still believes in the impossible magic of Christmas. She believes wholeheartedly in Santa and our Elf on the Shelf who is named Evie. Evie has become a very real...

It’s been both a pleasure and a heart breaking journey watching my youngest daughter transition from the preschool years to elementary school. For many parents, watching their children thrive in school is an exciting journey....

I love having two daughters. To be honest, it’s been a dream come true. I always dreamed of having a sister. I longed for that sort of relationship growing up and if...

It’s always been important for me to help my children develop good self-esteem. As a child I struggled with self-esteem and courage. I never signed up for anything or did any extra projects because...

I feel like after you've survived childbirth, you automatically become included in this secret mom club where you get to share every happy, gory detail of the entire ordeal. It’s been over...

My family members like to joke around with me about my pregnancies. My brother repeated a line from a movie and called me, “The freak of nature.” I was one of the...

In honor of my fifty-first blog post, I’m writing the story of what led me here. I love the black and white honesty of children. I often times feel that children...