Humble ramblings of a mom surviving chaos on laughter and luke-warm coffee.
Last week I sat in my car after leaving Kohl's where I was fast and furiously gathering last minute accessories for my sister's wedding on my lunch break. Shoes and jewelry to match my dress, and coordinating outfits for three miniature humans with very different styles. I finished at Kohl's and needed to run into …
A common scene for me: baby on my hip, an obedient 6-year-old standing quietly at my side and the wild one over there refusing to leave, laying on the ground screaming, "NO!!" A common response from kind moms taking pity on me: You know that just means one day, she'll be a leader. While I'll …
Continue reading To My Daughters: We Need All Types of Leaders
8:47pm. It's not quite the end of the day, but we can feel it nearing. And my best friend, Mandy, and I both find ourselves with kids (mostly) in bed, tidying up kitchens, emptying backpacks and resetting our homes for the next day. It was an ordinary Tuesday for the two of us, selected at …
Have you ever heard that term, “having it all?” I have always had a love-hate relationship with that phrase. And my tumultuous relationship with it began at a professional women’s conference I attended a number of years ago, shortly after I had Brynlee (my oldest daughter). There was a session titled, “Can you really have …