Motherhood + Parenting

I'm a mama of 4, and we home school.  Additionally, my children expect to eat, remain hydrated, and constantly create craft projects of all kinds.  This means that someone is asking me for something approximately 8 billion times a...

When my kids were babies, they ate all organic, {mostly} homemade baby food. Not only did they eat it, they ate ALL of it. Including the vegetables. Yes, it was quite lonely up on my ivory tower wearing my...

Anyone else feel like they've already endured the longest summer on record? As we approach actual summer, I know I'm finding myself wondering how we will fill ALL OF THE DAYS when many of our regular activities have been canceled.  I'd...

First, let me begin by saying I know that this moment in our lives is one of the scariest, most chaotic, and anxiety-ridden times any of us could have ever imagined. I totally get it. It is terrifying and debilitating. I know...

My background is in technical writing. I've written for the Oklahoma Gardener magazine, which is no longer in publication. I've written for OSU's Department of Horticulture Newsletter, I write my own seasonal newsletter The Hort Exhort, I've written OSU...

If you would have asked 17-year-old me what my life would be like at 30 years old, I would have most likely given you an answer that was nowhere near what my life is currently like. Primarily - I would...

I have cancer. It's the rare kind. Literally one in a million. The kind where treatment looks a lot like, "Let's try this and see what happens." The kind that affects multiple systems within my body. In 2017, this cancer...

Have you ever had so many things to do and so many tasks to accomplish that you can't see straight? So many needs to meet and so many hats to wear that you are at a loss for where...

Breastfeeding my baby girl was a priority and an important parenting choice from the moment the pregnancy test was positive. Many of my closest friends breastfed their babies. It had to be easy. My neighbor had a freezer full...

I couldn't wait to turn 16! The journey to get my driver's license seemed simple 25 years ago. I attended Driver's Education, also known as Driver's Ed, during first hour of my sophomore year. Coach Smith taught the basics, ran...

I recently went through a breakup with a best friend. Someone I'd known for more than a decade. Someone I thought about and still think about every single day of my life. It was and still is one of the...

Here's another post about why moms feel we aren't good enough, but I'm not going to talk about societal pressures, or the mental load, or the comparison trap we find ourselves in occasionally. Instead, I'm going to talk about the...