Motherhood is a Calling

Motherhood is a Calling

  We do not have to view doing for others as separate from doing for ourselves. Self-care is the sad name of the game these days. If I tell people I do not care what personal success I get out of life, I get funny looks. I just want to serve my family and those...
There Are No Perfect Parents

There Are No Perfect Parents

[Sponsored Post] See my disclosure.     I had parents who enjoyed parenthood, but they were realistic about it.   When they were frustrated my brother and I, we knew it. We knew why because they would tell us. We saw them argue. We saw them...
Motherhood Is Not Easy

Motherhood Is Not Easy

      Exhausted, over-stretched, grasping to figure out if I was a successful mom that day. Of course, I never feel that way on just one day. “Things worth doing are never easy” comes to mind when I think of being a mother, but the bad days...
A Mother’s Best Asset

A Mother’s Best Asset

When we were children, we all observed our parents parenting so we had time to learn about parents and children before we thought about having our own. I thought about all of these experiences and they helped me form the ‘what would I do if that...