When I was a single mom, I used to think that was the hardest thing I would ever have to do. But honestly, being married to military is harder. After we got married everything was so great… and then I found out he was being deployed. It was like I was a single mom...
There’s nothing very unique about me as a mom, I don’t have much of a story, but I’m obsessed with mommy-hood. Even on the days when Mitchell refuses to nap, throws most of his food (that I spent 20 minutes preparing) on the floor for our dog, and...
I never thought about being a mother before it happened and feel that in itself was a gift. I had no expectations, no preconceived ideas and no mapped out road ahead. From the moment my first child was born I was blown away by the connection I felt to her, my husband...
I do so much to try and keep my son’s name alive and spoken, and his love felt. But it’s so hard to reach into my mind and remember him. He’s slipped away from me. Sometimes at night I sit up and wonder if I made him up. Was he a perfect dream followed by the...
Tears of frustration run down my face after my emotionally drunk, pre-teen daughter, gives me the finger and tells me she hates me. I have to walk away, with her phone in my hand, and give myself a “time out” to prevent myself from saying anything I will regret...
“I had given up some youth for knowledge but my gain was much greater than my loss.” This quote by Maya Angelou perfectly describes my motherhood journey. For me, being a mom has meant the deep loss of a life I never knew and the ongoing rediscovery of myself....
