Psycho. Crazy. Stupid. Lazy. The list goes on and on when we begin to point fingers at people. As adults, some of us know there might be more to one’s story then what meets the eye. Why don’t kids? Why is having ADHD or depression a secret? Why is seeking treatment for something your suffering…
Category: Real Talk
Mom Guilt: Try Again Tomorrow
“The days are long, but the years are short.” Some nights, I lie in bed and cry about the length of the day and my failure to seize it. Other nights I cry at how quickly the years have passed. It is bittersweet and often riddled with guilt. I swear to myself that I will…
Parenting in the Age of the Internet
“My child is the best!” “My child is a monster!” Please jump on the bandwagon of support or shaming in the internet age. We live in a time that propagates support from strangers and unfriending our real-life friends. Screens are EVERYWHERE and so are opinions and pretty much anything you could ever want. How the…
5 Tips Moms Need to not Lose Their Marbles
I have been on the verge of “losing my marbles,” for weeks at a time. If you aren’t familiar with that term, it means overly stressing. One day I decided to stop stressing and figure out why these two little humans, that I call my children, make me want to smoke a pack of Newports…
Spring Break: Then vs. Now {for Moms}
OMG it’s almost Spring Break… I’m so excited! J/k, I’m a mom. Over the next few weeks, most schools will be breaking for Spring vacation. That got us moms over here feeling nostalgic for those worry free/fun-filled Spring Break days of our pasts’. Back when the hardest decision we had to make was which bathing…
When Happily Ever After Ends
When you get married, you don’t stand in front of all of your family and friends expecting your relationship to end. Unfortunately for half of us, that’s exactly where our lives take us. As if a break-up wasn’t hard enough; it’s not always just the dissolution of a marriage, but also, sharing kids. I don’t…
Miscarriage When You’re Already a Mom
I’m allowed to be sad I had a miscarriage even though I have two healthy kids. So do not. DO NOT. Please, just don’t tell me to be thankful for the two healthy kids I have. The two things are so completely and utterly unrelated. OF COURSE, I’m thankful for my two healthy children. Are…
Me Time, What’s that?
As a busy stay-at-home mom, who runs her household, blog, and Etsy store, life can be pretty hectic. Being a wife, mom, and friend; I seem to have always put everyone before myself because I thought that is what it took to make those in my life happy. But at the end of the day,…
Waiting for Words
We’ve all been there: it’s midnight and you just got laundry done, dishes put away and caught 10 minutes of one of last season’s episode of “Scandal” before your eyelids start shutting on their own. You go to bed, and you’re asleep about 20 minutes when your toddler walks in. “Mom! Can I have some…
Mom Feelings: When do I feel like me again?
Hormones. During your pregnancy, you’re just pumped with hormones. The same hormones cause you to freak out about things that you might not have given a rat’s *butt* about pre-baby. But if someone calls you out on being, “hormonal,” you lose it. {Nope, only I can say I’m hormonal buddy.} But that goes away, right?…