Raising a daughter is not for the faint of heart. I only have one and she keeps me on my toes. At age thirteen, she is still relatively new to teenagerdom. I survived the teen years long ago but it is a whole nother carnival ride watching your children feel their way through it. It’s […]
A Mother’s Insight Into National School Walkout Day
I felt drawn to write today. I have never been one to force a post. Which is probably why I am not a disciplined writer. Or getting paid. Instead of making time each day, I rather wait for a feeling. I can’t explain how those feelings work exactly. Thank goodness this blog does not pay […]
How Middle School Fashion Derailed My Meticulous Morning Routine
I will be the first to tell you that I am a stanch rule follower. I also have OCD tendencies but instead of being crippling, they actually work for me. My OCD requires me to have everything in my life neat and tidy. Except we all know that life is not ever neat and tidy. […]
My Daughter Has Upped My Beauty Game
Me in the ninth grade Since I am now in the throes of raising a teenage daughter, I often reflect on the time when I myself was thirteen. I wonder if my daughter had met my thirteen year old self, would we have been friends? No way to know for sure. I was a kid […]
Parenting At Every Stage
The new school year has started here in Tennessee. Two of my kids are in middle school this time, while the other two are still kicking it at the elementary school. One thing I have learned in my thirteen years of being a mother is my role as Mom is constantly changing. Gone are the […]
Sickness Has Invaded Our Home
I write this post in disbelief. Disbelief that no one has YET to contact me, wanting to throw fists fulls of money at me, so a camera crew can follow around this family. We are nothing if not entertaining. Has your family been extra sick this winter? Is it just mine? It all started a […]
The Day My Daughter’s Phone Died #RIP
My daughter got a smartphone for Christmas last year. I never thought I would be one of those parents who gave my middle schooler a phone. I got my first cell phone when I was twenty years old. And not to date myself but the phone was referred to as a “bag phone.” As in, […]
My Summer: Parenting Kids Who Are Halfway To Adults
Sorry I haven’t been sharing much lately. The end of the school year is always a crazy-busy time. In the last two weeks of school, I had two class field trips, Muffins With Mom (a thing where you have muffins at the school because muffins at home would just be too simple), Field Day (which […]
My Daughter Had Her First Team Tryout
When I was in school I was a good student. Getting into trouble was never my thing. I always made good grades, without being prompted. I was even a member of a few clubs here an there. Where I did fall short though was in extracurricular activities. It never occurred to me to do anything […]
Parenting Children Beyond Your Own Pain
I am the mother of four children. One girl and three boys. It occurred to me early on that since I didn’t have the example of a biological father growing up, I really had to think about what raising men meant. I became fascinated by the topic. My boys do have a loving and present […]
