Balancing life… What’s that and who can tell me how to do it?! LOL. Let’s be real. I do not balance life very well and it is something that I work on every day to get better at. We all have our own personal struggles and then there are the struggles of our children, the [...]
Ever since I finished off my blogging challenge with an open letter to my "dad" I've been having a lot of mixed emotions about whether or not I should have wrote more, shared more, etc. Writing about my experiences in life has helped not only myself but others as well so I decided to go [...]
When you see those two pink lines or the positive sign on the pee stick you're supposed to immediately feel a sense of overwhelming love. You're pregnant. You're growing a small baby. Unfortunately, for many, being a new mom or just a mom in general has become an overwhelming sense of being judged. When it [...]
em·bar·rassed /əmˈberəst/ adjective feeling or showing embarrassment. "an embarrassed silence" synonyms: awkward, self-conscious, uneasy, uncomfortable, unsettled, sheepish, red-faced, blushing, shy; More Whew.. as a mom I've had plenty embarrassing moments. Kids don't have filters.. they say EXACTLY what they feel and think and literally give zero fucks. I think the most embarrassing moment for me was when we were in line at Walmart [...]
I'm not sure where this post is supposed to go so I'm just going to go with what I feel. I am responsible for my actions. I am enough. It's taken me up until a few years ago to actually believe this. I learn as I go through life - everything is meant to teach [...]
This question was a lot harder than I thought it would be. It's taken me hours to come up with something to talk about. There's lots of things that when I think about myself I see in a positive manner. I want to be remembered for the person that I am and not who I [...]
Family has always been an important part of my life. Growing up without a dad was very hard on me, especially when it came to placing the blame on myself for so long. I always knew if I ever had kids I wanted to make sure the guy would be there. Be present. It was [...]
Hey y'all! Can you even believe it's been six months since I had Ellie?? Because I cannot. Pretty sure it's impossible she's already half a year old! Today I will be sharing with you what she's up to and how we're both doing! Ellie Ellie is doing amazing! She had her six month check up [...]
It's been a while since I've sat down and blogged. School has been taking up a lot of my time and I haven't had the extra time to sit and write up a good post. I will try to take a whole day to get some good posts typed up here soon! Today's post, as [...]
2007At 18 when I was pregnant with our first baby we knew it was going to be a boy. On my husband's side of the family there was one girl born in the last 80 years and it was my husband's cousin. With all those boys I just knew we were going to continue on [...]
