Category: Motherhood

Many parents are now living full time with their kids. Here’s a parenting tip that helped me when I first started living with my kids around the clock. When I was first adjusting to being with my kids around the clock, something I found helpful was this: I leaned into my kids. When I found…

I was blindsided by motherhood. I had no idea how much it would change my life. Before my oldest child was born, I was committed to keeping my life as it was whether children were a part of it or not. I held fast to my commitment to read, work, keep up with the house,…

It was 7:00 on Friday and both kids were asleep.  I came downstairs, sat down and I cried.  I cried like my high school boyfriend had just dumped me.  I knew that it was going to happen.  As soon as I felt my son drift off to sleep, emotion overtook me. My husband had been…