Tag Archives: Mom Confessions

I was a working mom for seven years, and let me tell you: I got stuff done. I had a regular workout routine. I did a load of laundry almost every day to keep it from piling up. I food prepped and menu...

Seven years ago, my firstborn was turning one. I called up his grandparents and aunts and uncles, and they all came over for cake. Boom. First birthday, DONE. We did something similar for his second b...

Get your shoes on, please. Get your shoes on. GET YOUR SHOES ON! I was nearing my wits’ end and the day had barely begun. I had not even had my coffee yet. Mayb...

The woes of potty training. If you're going through it right now, you can certainly commiserate with me and if you're past that hurdle, I'm sure you remember the horror of it all. I remember dreading ...

We all want the very best for our children, but it’s impossible to do everything right all the time.  Admitting that is freeing – and it’s also encouraging to other moms in the ...

For the past two years, I have been getting a word in January that sums up the lesson(s) God has in store for me for the year.  It started in 2015 when I sensed the word “simplif...

We send Christmas cards every year. I love mailing them out and getting updates from other families in return. Each year our card is accompanied by a brief little synopsis of our family's annual highl...

I started wearing make-up early in life. At first, I had to wear it for the ballet performances I was in.  My ballet teacher lived and breathed dance, and because she had been a prima ...

There is a plethora of kid-friendly convenience foods that many of us feed our kids but are too embarrassed to admit publicly. What we’re even more embarrassed to admit is that sometimes we love...

My normal morning goes like this.  Wake up to one or both children calling for me. Go and deduce which child is calling. Enter room of said child.  All at once that chi...