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Each week we hope to share a few things that have encouraged or inspired us as women, as parents, and as people of faith. We hope they brighten your day too. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a small commission. More like this: The things that entertained us in 2019. Oh to [...]
Hey, mamas. How are you holding up with the quarantine? I hope you're feeling fed emotionally and spiritually right now. Not normally a morning person, I've started a new habit of waking up early (for me, haha, my husband would roll his eyes) and going out to our back porch to do my daily readings [...]
To every teacher out there right now who's trying to just figure this whole mess out, we see you! We hear you! From classroom teachers trying to navigate Zoom lessons to unexpected homeschool moms trying to fill your days, we know it's crazy hard right now, and we want to make it easier for you. [...]
Hey there, mama. You've been staying home with your kids for a long, hard couple months. You're exhausted and are looking forward to nothing more than a girls' night out in the post-quarantine world. Chips and salsa, sangria, and clothes that aren't yoga pants—if they still fit—are in our future soon. Mental note: I need [...]
Lately I have had the sensation of a heavy weight on my chest. I've laid awake at night and wondered if my off-and-on coughing plus this pain wasn't allergies but the coronavirus, especially since I had pneumonia after the flu in January. But, a test came back negative. Along with my results came a sigh [...]
We're heading into Mother's Day season (although, it's going to be very different this year) and that has us thinking about how much we've sentimentalized motherhood. And it's not all that helpful. Caroline took a deep dive into the topic, which left me in tears after reading it. You can see her post, The Un-Sentimentality [...]
This new way of living is hard. My body aches by the end of the day, and I wake up in the morning exhausted. We were already a homeschool family, so that hasn't changed for us. But my five-year-old with autism has lost all her therapeutic services that we rely on. Actually, that's not technically [...]
It's such a weird Easter season this year. I'm trying to find a way to celebrate these holy days with reverence and importance right now, but honestly . . . my family just wants to watch Trolls 2 on TV together tonight. So the question becomes: do I fight it? Or do I give in? Because, I'm [...]
Hi, friends. What a month, right? We have never lived through a time like this, and it's kind of rocking our world. How about you? When the coronavirus quarantine first began (for us, 4 weeks ago when my youngest's special needs preschool program closed), we were meeting it with great enthusiasm. It was cold outside, [...]
Okay, mama. Grab your glass of wine or cup of hot tea or, who knows, oat milk, and take a second to have a deep breath. Let's chat. School is going to be closed. For a long time. But we'll get through this. I know you're going crazy. I am too. Every single thing my [...]
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