Basic, Never Boring
I felt like a fish circling around a tank, as I rhythmically patted and bounced my baby along the perimeter of my house to fall asleep for a nap. Eventually, the baby fell asleep with a side lying feeding. I scrolled through Facebook events near me on my phone. The only thing that popped up…
My son pads into my bedroom just before the sun peeks over the horizon. He crawls over me with a Matchbox car clutched in his hand and nestles into my arm. I drift back to sleep. When the crunch of gravel in the driveway stirs me again, informing me that my husband started his commute…
Towards the end of every summer, it’s inevitable to hear, “I can’t believe the summer is already over.” I’ve never given much thought to this phrase (even though I hear it at least 25 times every single year), but this year it rings true more than ever. This has been the busiest summer of my…
I am dreaming of fall’s cool, crisp nights around a fire outside. How can you not love nights like those?! It sounds like a good date night, that doesn’t require you to leave your own home. Just put those kids to bed and go outside. What would make that date night perfect is a nice…
It’s no secret that us moms are superheroes. Not only do we cook, clean, grab the groceries, kiss owies goodbye and chase monsters out from under the bed, but we also deal with the school pickup line. Sometimes we need a little extra motivation and sometimes those come in the form of words from people…
While I never would trade my family for anything, sometimes being a wife and mother can be completely overwhelming. It’s easy to lose your sense of self when dealing with all of the details of working full time, attending school and making sure that your children have all of their needs met as well as…
If you asked me ten years ago if I would homeschool my future children I likely would have laughed at you. Surely homeschooling was only for folks who are super religious and want to unnecessarily protect their children from the dangers of the world. Surely kids who are homeschooled are all socially awkward weirdos. Nothing…
In elementary school, I thought I was going to slap my own mother. But I never did. Mainly because I was too scared and there was that respect thing. But, every night I wanted to slap my mother because I hated doing homework. She would yell and I would get frustrated with her. Even today,…
I signed up to be my daughter’s CCD/Faith Formation teacher for this year. This will be her first year in a program such as this since she is entering 1st grade. The idea of being a catechist was initially appealing to me because my mother was my CCD teacher growing up, and I loved it…
Going outside to chase my kids around, setting up the kiddie pool and hauling all our gear to and from the sandy beach has gotten, well, OLD. I am not a summer person. I always start out enthusiastic, but inside, I cannot wait to pack up the shorts and tank tops and wave goodbye for…