Category Archives: AllMomDoes

As each day draws to an end, I can feel myself seeking a shield from the tsunami of chores. The list of to-do’s is endless. Fact is, each time I look they seem to grow bigger. &...

Sunday afternoon. It's sort of a mandatory rest time for everyone in our family. While the house sits briefly still, I reheat a cup of coffee, grab my notebook, a pen and our calendar. As I...

When our first child was born, we learned that she had Down syndrome. We entered a period of what I have taken to calling “dramatic hard stuff,” a time of emotional and spiritual transform...

Whatever season of motherhood we’re walking through, we can’t do it alone.  We need each other and, quite frankly, we make each other better. I know I’ve ...

Well, if you haven’t noticed, summer is here. Nothing like a warm day to make me think about how I wish I had perhaps focused a bit more on certain toning exercises in the winter and spring mont...

When I think about marriage, there are definitely a few things I wish I had known before walking down the aisle to say “I do.” After becoming a wife I have had to learn the hard way of how...

The summers of my youth were different from those of today.  For one thing, we never, ever took a family vacation.  I never even thought to ask for one.  We didn’t have the money ...

I hung up the phone with the nurse and walked out of the room, numbness spreading out from my heart to my fingers.  I wasn’t pregnant, and this was the end of the line.  There would be...

I love summer.  I love the sun and the fun and the freedom that comes with these months when school is out, recreation is in, and outdoor opportunities abound.  But I also have a confession....

I sat perched on a stool in the kitchen while my husband finished up dinner.  As he stirred the food, I asked him again and again, if he was sure it was okay for me to leave and go to the gym. He...