I’ve been thinking about Brigham a lot lately. About how he is edging toward two-years-old and his baby years are passing us by. It makes me sad. I’ve been reminiscent of his birth. About how I held him, pink and screaming, in my arms for the very first time. About touching his wrinkled baby skin [...]
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Sometimes I worry that life will always leave me wanting. When I got engaged, I threw myself into all things wedding-related. When I got married, I threw myself into all things home buying. When we bought a home, I threw myself into planning our 1-year anniversary trip. When we started trying to conceive, I threw myself [...]
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This is going to get rant-y. But you know what? I just really feel like I need to unload. You all know I just celebrated my fifth year of blogging. I didn’t really start to get serious about blogging until August of 2010. It was then that I had a blog redesign and switched to [...]
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This blog isn’t: a craft blog a fashion blog a food blog a funny blog a coupon blog a local blog a photography blog a mommy blog a professional blog a technical blog a grammatically correct blog a positive blog a negative blog something that can be labeled. This blog is: nearly five years old [...]
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I’m done having babies. At least for now I am. I had an IUD placed a couple weeks ago. Truthfully, I don’t know how I feel about it. Naaman and I have talked a lot about having a third child. Correction: I have talked a lot about it to him. I am confused at the [...]
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This Friday, I will walk into a familiar restaurant to have dinner with two ladies I used to love more than life itself. The last time I had dinner with them together it was 1997, the year we graduated high school. These girls were my best friends. We shared every secret, every hurt, every hope. [...]
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For one day, just one day, I want to wake up and not long for something. Not want something new. Not want something more. I want to raise my head off the pillow, smile at the new morning and thank God for the blessings that I have already been given. I want to tell Him [...]
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I never have good dreams about my kids. I was thinking of some horrible dream I had the other night and was trying to chase it down before it left my memory forever, as dreams usually do. And then I realized. I never have good dreams about my kids. It started when I was pregnant [...]
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It was only a moment. One tiny moment where I lost the ability to control my temper. But in that one moment I did something that I feel is unforgivable as a parent . . . I scared my son. I have been a mother for nearly three years. It has had its ups and [...]
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I wanted my life to be extraordinary. Some fantastic magical story of success that is eventually made into a movie. Fourteen years ago, after playing my last high school band concert, I stood with a microphone in my hand. I had confidence. A bounce in my step. No wrinkles on my face. I had a [...]
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I'm a working mama to two of the most beautiful and sweet little boys. Landon is 3 1/2 and Brigham is 21 months. Yes, I survived a stint of two under two with a baby who didn't sleep for a year. And if I ever actually realized my dream of walking down the red carpet I'm sure there would be dirt on my dress. I'm just trying not to trip over Tonka trucks. This is where I write, laugh, dream, share, cry, and hope with honesty.
