Tag Archives: Mothering Well

I'm reading another blog. And she's going on and on in flowery language about this blessed motherhood and I find myself wondering, "are we even living the same experience?" And she talks about the pri...

Every family has a photographer. The maker of the memories; the keeper of the culture. And though it’s not the case in ALL families, I know that in many families it’s...

The last day of school arrived and as I drifted through the car line, I could picture it all. Over the summer we’d do all the workbooks, we’d be the family who fills out the reading log da...

I saw this sign the other day on Facebook and it made my blood sort of boil and I chuckled a little too, because it just happens to be a huge pet peeve of mine. The sign said: &#...

I've worked outside the home for the duration of my motherhood, and I decided long ago to leave the mommy wars.  {I don’t think they really exist anywhere except on the inte...

My Daughter: “You know what Michelle called me at school?  Right in front of everyone at the lunch table!” Me: “No, what did she call you?” My Daught...

It was my first pregnancy, and I knew I'd be returning to work full-time after my son was born. There were a million things I needed to do to prepare for his birth, but near the top of the list was fi...

It’s been a almost 2 weeks since we came back from our first camping trip as a family of 5 and as I’ve gone through the pictures from our trip, I’ve been wrestling with how I want to...

Just in case you haven’t been following along, I’ve been working on instilling contentment in my teens and last week I suggested 6 activities that might help with this. One of t...

The minute you discover another woman is also a mom, something shifts.  An indescribable, unspoken connection is formed and you know that you are both part of the same sisterhood. Moth...