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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…
🕊️ 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…
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…
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…
🤪 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…
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…
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…
Some of us know exactly what I mean when I say, “It’s one thing to wonder what I do all day. It’s another thing to ask my children as though you’re investigating me.” 😏 Every now and then, one of my kids comes home having been asked a curious little question:“So… what does your mom do…
I don’t think this is what my doctor meant when she said I needed more Vitamin D. 😂💛 ~~~~~~~~~~ 💛 ~~~~~~~~~~ 💛 Sometimes the chaos isn’t something you created.Sometimes life just gets loud, and somebody else’s chaos shows up at your gate. Motherhood isn’t always cooking dinner, managing screen time, wiping fingerprints off refrigerators, and…
Choosing The Right School Isn’t One Size Fits All I have 3 school aged children and they all go to different schools. My 7 year old goes to a public school that offers speech therapy. My 14 year old goes to a public high school that accommodates grades 6th – 12th. But my 11 year…