If this is your first time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, please click here to find out what it’s all about. The brevity of life hit me this week. On Tuesday evening we drove down to Bar Harbor. Not an hour after we passed a certain stretch of road, three people lost […]
On the hard days, REMEMBER
It’s been a hard day. Kids squawking and squabbling. Too much noise, not enough peace. I remember my first night as a mom. After everyone went home and I was alone with my hours old baby. How I marveled at his silky soft skin. His tiny, perfect features. The way he knew exactly where to […]
Week 28: Bring it on- Fight to the finish
First time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to find out what it’s all about. Let’s talk character flaws. Mine, not yours (although I’d love for you to list some of yours in the comments so I don’t feel like such a loser). Actually, I just want to talk about one […]
The butt dial I won’t soon forget
It’s been exactly one year since the most embarrassing moment of my life (to date). How do I know this? Because as soon as it happened, I decided to share it with the world. And apparently it struck a chord (or people just like to laugh at me) because it was the first time my […]
Week 27: The Parent Trap
First time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to learn what it’s all about. I stumbled upon a parenting trick this week that might change my life. Okay, maybe that’s an overstatement, but so far it’s been quite successful and I’m planning to wring every ounce of usefulness I can out […]
Family Road Trips: Then and Now
My family recently took a road trip to New Hampshire. It was a relatively short drive, just about four hours, but as the seven of us (my parents came too) piled into our minivan, I began to reminisce about the family road trips we took when I was a little girl. Some things have changed […]
Week 26: Poetry in Motion
First time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to learn what it’s all about. We’ve made it to the halfway point of the Keeping It Real Challenge! Honestly, sometimes I wonder what the point is, writing down the mundane facts of my life and sharing them each week, but I’m halfway […]
The day my son gave up on me
The Day My Son Gave Up on Me Ever since our two sons began sharing a room, their bedtime routine has been the same. Baths, PJs, teeth, stories, cuddles. And every night as I leave their room, Eli always says, “Remember to come up, cuddle, and bring water!” I head down the stairs with […]
Week 25: Premonition
If this is your first time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, click here to find out what it’s all about. Do you ever get a horrible thought in your head and once it’s there, it’s almost impossible to shake? I remember one time Eric was away and this thought popped into my […]
40 steps to easily get out the door with kids
Remember those carefree days before you had children? You’d need a few things at the grocery store, so you’d run a brush through your hair, freshen your makeup, grab your purse and keys, and be in the car three minutes after deciding to go. Then you had kids and suddenly going to the store, or […]