Thanksgiving is a chosen mindset of expression for receiving the differing dynamics of our life journey. One often chases after visions of what is to come with a fierceness of heart for the achievable. Places of accomplishment are...
The life of a stay at home mother is one that I have dreamed about since I was a little girl. Raising the perfect children in the perfect home surrounded by the perfect family. This word seems to echo...
I remember the day that really changed my way of thinking. It was a few years ago and I was faced with the conundrum of limited space for photos on my photo gallery wall. I wanted to put up...
My doula once told me this.
“You will miss being pregnant. You will hold your baby in your arms and cry.”
I was rounding the final stretch of my first pregnancy. It was the end of August and the heat added...
Dear friends without children,
When we had our kids at the ripe age of 20, we expected you to start friend shopping. You were in a completely different world than we were and that was ok! We would never love...
“You have your hands full.”
How many of us hear this? As a mom of four, I get it all the time. I got it when I only had two. My first two are 21 months apart. When my second...
I assured my husband for weeks that our two-year-old son would be just fine as he transitioned to his toddler bed. His baby brother was due in three weeks, and we kept the nursery intact for him while moving...
I don't rest enough. I don't do things for me very often. I work full-time. I am in school full-time. I am a wife, a mother, and a small business owner. That doesn't leave much room for me. My...
My father struggles with depression tendencies…so does my mother-in-law. They both passed it down to my husband and me. And, we just had to find each other in this great big world. What a combination!
As they say, “The struggle...
The powerful display of uncertainty found at the beginning of the pandemic spun this world into a space of reflection unlike we have seen within my lifetime, at almost 40 years old. A surge of fight or flight has...
In + Around Cincinnati
Cincinnati Spring Break Staycation {Oh, the Places We’ll Go}
This year for spring break, we are planning on staying home, minus a weekend at the in-laws' to celebrate Easter. We are looking forward...
