Honest and heartfelt thoughts and reflections on parenthood to help parents feel less alone. Parenting can be a long and lonely journey if you don’t feel understood and encouraged. Find the support every parent deserves here in these sincere parenting reflections.
We recently went through a very scary situation with our four-year-old. He caught a somewhat common childhood virus, but things went completely awry and he ended up spending several days in the hospital. Sitting there in that hospital room, I’ve never felt more helpless or more desperate. I was beside myself with panic. Is he…
I have a horrible habit that I really need to drop. I’ve noticed other mothers have this bad habit too. The problem is rampant really, especially among stay at home moms: it’s the need to justify what we do all day. What do stay at home moms do all day? When my hard-working husband comes…
Raising kids is undoubtedly my life’s greatest joy, but it is also long, exhausting work. Parenting is the type of labor where you invest and you invest, day after day, but you often don’t see the fruits of your labor for months, or even years. As a stay-at-home mom, I am alone with my kids…
I recently read an article that really stuck with me. It was focused on the question, “When does parenting get easier?” and the author’s premise was to stop waiting for that day because… that day day is never coming. Parenting never does get any easier. Different, yes, but not easier. Pshhhhhhhhhhhh. That’s the sound of…
I read something on Today Parents recently that struck me—and not in the “Right on, preach it, sister!” kind-of-way. It was more along the lines of, “Yikes…really?” It was a post entitled, “The truth is out: Moms aren’t really that tired.” Let me be clear up front: I have nothing against this author. She’s written…
