Like every other brain dead mom I am quick to see what ideas others are using to keep their kiddos preoccupied these days. It’s great when kids can just run and play outside but that’s not always an option, so what has kept families afloat while staying at home ( besides lots of youtube and … More At Home Activity Ideas for Kids
There is Hope for your quarantine chaos … More A Quarantined Mom’s Prayer
It feels like I should start off, “This year while in quarantine…” While life goes on it’s easy to think we are just stuck in our own corner of this universe. Perhaps we are missing out while being at home, packed away like fine china just waiting to come out and play. Unfortunately, This is … More Inspiration in Isolation
I have to admit something. I am a pretty sweet person. I try to smile at people. I try to talk respectfully around people. BUT When I became a parent my biggest fears came true. I became a CRAZY parent. I never understood before how kids could really drive someone crazy, but in the back … More The Most Helpful Parenting Tip I Learned Last Year…
Six ideas to help you from drowning in the laundry pile … More Clean the Wet Mess, Ditch the Hot Mess
February was a month of sickness for us. I got to be home with all the kids for 14 days. Sick mom, sick children. I can’t say it was fun. Sure, there were moments I enjoyed like seeing all three boys work together to build a marble track. The hours I was up during the … More And There Goes Winter…
Over a month has gone by since we heard that “Joy” ( not her real name) was adopted by another family. We’ve had disappointment, anger, grief, joy all at different times. If you’ve been following me for long you know we’ve been working on an international special needs adoption for over a year. Our journey … More The Miscarried Adoption Pt. 2
If you’ve been following my blog you’ll know that we’ve been expecting to bring home a new member of our family soon. This is the news that completely changed our plans… I woke up and thought about the dream I’d just had. It made me smile. Bodie and I had made it to the … More The Miscarried Adoption Pt. 1
Merry Christmas Dear One, Do you know that Christmas has come and gone? Do you know what a Christmas tree is? What a present is? Larkin wanted so badly to buy you a gift this year but I sadly told him we couldn’t give it to you yet and even if we could, you couldn’t … More Merry Christmas Dear One…
A couple days ago we were desperate to get our final document sent for our international adoption. My day was more than eventful (as many have been the last few weeks) while trying to get submitted as an adoptive family. Here’s what I wrote on facebook: “Last document sent! I’m, more sure than ever that … More When The Miracle Stops
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