BETWEEN COFFEE & CHAOS: The Page I Almost Didn’t Write
I realized I had absolutely nothing prepared.
No brilliant revelations. No beautifully photographed moment. No perfectly formed lesson from motherhood.
Just me.
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🌿 HELLO ME DIARY: I guess, I just… outgrew it.
A short, random thought I felt strangely drawn to write down tonight.
🤷♀️ Maybe it was meant for you or maybe its just me venting.I’ve had a drink one time in the last two and a half years.
And honestly? It wasn’t even satisfying.
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BETWEEN COFFEE & CHAOS: A Mother’s Prayer
A Mother’s PrayerWhen Being Mama Just Isn’t Enough There are some prayers only a mother understands.The prayers whispered when nobody else is awake.The prayers that don’t have beautiful words or carefully chosen sentences. The prayers that simply admit: I’m afraid.I don’t know what to do.I need help. The ones that sound more like: Please keep…
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🌿 HELLO ME DIARY: Why do I say “rhythm” instead of “routine”?
HELLO ME DIARY Why do I say “rhythm” instead of “routine”? Rhythm: a strong, regular, and repeated pattern of sound, movement, or time. You’ll notice that I almost never call our day to day order a routine or a schedule. I talk about our rhythm.That’s not an accident. routine:a regular sequence of actions or a…
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SUNDAY RESET
🕊️ Sunday ResetAfter church or your own Sunday morning plans, let us…Pause. Breathe. Reflect. And Reset. 🕊️ 1. SET INTENTIONS Decide what you want to focus on. Take a few moments to set your goals, priorities, and organize your calendar for the week. More than that, decide how you want to feel this week and…
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BETWEEN COFFEE & CHAOS: Nine Months of Holding Our Breath:
Nine Months of Holding Our Breath:My Pregnancy With A Subchorionic Hematoma OUR STORY OF A SUBCHORIONIC HEMATOMA, FACTOR ll CLOTTING DISORDER, HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY, FEAR, FAITH, & THE MIRACLE OF OUR SON After multiple miscarriages I was truly afraid when I saw blood. At almost 8 weeks along, I had feared that we were having another…
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A Manic Mom Confession For The Diaries: $300+ Car Seat!
A Manic Mom Confession For The Diaries: Apparently, $300 doesn’t buy you a toddler who likes his car seat. Sawyer absolutely hates his car seat. And I mean hates it. Car seats have come a long way since Sophia was born. Back then, no matter how you positioned them, the car seat never quite looked…
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A Manic Mom Thought: at 2 AM
🤪 Manic Mom Monday 💜 Another Monday is here.Well… technically it’s 2 AM, so Monday has barely introduced itself and I’m already making plans. 😂 Lillie goes back to school in the morning. Sophia and Chloe have already been back since the 10th, but tomorrow is the day I lose my last little bit of…
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BETWEEN COFFEE & CHAOS: Choosing Joy Before Certainty:
Choosing Joy Before Certainty:Does hiding joy actually protect us… or does it only make us grieve alone? There is an old Latin saying, “Per aspera ad astra.” Fear has a way of convincing us to postpone living until tomorrow.Every life, every joy deserves to be celebrated no matter how fleeting our time is. We almost didn’t…
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A Manic Mom Thought: The Family We Build
The Family We Build I often see the posts throughout my news feed about family earning their place in our children’s lives. Posts about not teaching our children that they have to love someone simply because they’re family. Posts about choosing the people who show up, make the effort, and love our children well. And…
