jessicahuffman
Jessica is a SAHM who works part-time during the school year for her church's MDO program. She's married to her preschool sweetheart (you read that right!) and has two kids, Hermione (4) and Indiana (2). She has a BA in Journalism from UCO and worked for five years as a ghostwriter for a publishing company. In her "free time", Jessica loves to run, watch sci-fi, and write for her personal blog: TheHuffmanPost.com!
Back to School: COVID Edition
Typically when you see a back to school post, you're expecting to see the best deals on crayons, printable lunchbox notes with funny jokes or memes with moms lounging in the pool sipping on...
How I’m {Somewhat} Holding It Together While It All Falls Apart
Ah, 2020. If you were a haircut, you'd be "The Karen". If you were a cake, you'd be an olive loaf. And if you were a soda, you'd be Dr. Thunder. I think its...
No More Bras and Other Great Things About Quarantine
I know some of you are expecting a heartfelt post about how blessed I feel that I'm home with my children and we're making sweet memories of baking, crafting, and playing board games.
Honey, this...
When I Say “I’m Tired”…
I'm a part-time working mom of three kids, one of which is 4 months old, so I'm used to not getting a lot of sleep. I'm used to running on fumes and powering through...
This Could Be Our Finest Hour
We are in uncharted waters here, folks. Wherever you go, you can see the anxiety and fear on people's faces, and the tension in the air is palatable. We're nervous. We're worried about our...
How I {FINALLY} Got My Kids to Eat Vegetables
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...
First Kid, Second Kid, Third Kid…
Back in November, we welcomed the third (and last) of our babies into the world. Things were a lot different this time around. I don't know if it was because I'm a little older...
Prepping for the Holidays With a Newborn
I'm currently pregnant with Baby #3 and slightly panicking about having a "right-smack-dab-in-the-middle-of-holiday-craziness" baby. But it's fine. It's fine. Everything's fine. I'm fine. Its nothing a little planning and lowering of expectations can't help!...
If You Give A Mom an Errand
If you give a mom an errand, she'll want to go by herself.
If she goes by herself, she'll need to make a "quick stop" at Sonic or Starbucks for a drink, not punctuated by...
Invisible Struggles, Invisible Victories
For as long as I can remember, I've had some sort of mental health issue. I don't know why that was so scary to type. Maybe because when you hear the words "mental health...
Please Stop Telling Me To Enjoy My Pregnancy
I know you mean well.
I know you're just trying to convey the joy you think you experienced when you were pregnant decades (or maybe even a year) ago.
I get it. I really do.
But if you tell me one...
Summer is the Actual Worst
I’m going to say something.
You may call me crazy.
You might call me naive, ridiculous, or roll your eyes if you want.
But you know what?
I. DON’T. CARE. Because I’m going to say it anyway:
I. HATE....