Motherhood + Parenting

You can see it in my dayplanner. Yes, I actually write things down in one. I know these days your supposed to sync everything to your smart phone, but I just need a big picture. I want to flip...

I am a textbook Type-A Personality and I always have been... In Elementary School, I would beg my Mom to start buying my school supplies in June. In High School, if there was an A/P class, concurrent enrollment option, or scholarship,...

This post is part of our True Life series where OKC moms are sharing real trials & tribulations they have gone through as mothers, as wives, and as women.  It's been said that emotional abuse is like a frog in...

All my life, I’ve believed certain things. I’ve acted certain ways. I’ve earned certain titles, decided upon certain routines, and adopted certain principles. Like all women before me, I sculpted these philosophies, anxieties, aspirations, and quirks into a mold...

When my oldest daughter was big enough to attend her first Daddy/Daughter event at church, I was beyond thrilled. She was about to get a special evening with the guy she loved the most. And I got to help her get...

One of my biggest pet peeves throughout this pregnancy has been when people refer to me as a "first-time mom." I don't feel like mom labels should be so cookie cutter. I was a foster mother for many years (pre-marriage)...

I am not a doctor and I don't play one on TV. I am not an expert on ADD and yes, I am aware that the medical community calls it ADHD. I am however a mom of a daughter...

As moms we worry. Most of us start worrying the very moment we see that positive sign on the pregnancy test. Then follows the 9 months of pregnancy, and of course the nerve wracking delivery. After those things have...

We have entered the time of year where coughs and sneezes are among us.  And I'll admit it.  I'm a germ paranoid mom during flu season.  The rest of the year I'm pretty chill.  My kids play in the mud, go to parks, and...

When I became a mom, I knew it would be no easy task. A few nights with a new baby is enough to convince any mom she may not be as up for the job of motherhood as she thought...

Sweet Child of Mine, I vow to love you as you are, unconditionally and without judgment.   I promise to love you for who you are now-sassy and sweet, funny and fearful -and for who you will become- confident and charismatic, witty and...

I might have some unreasonable expectations. When I voted in a presidential election for the first time, I was honestly surprised that balloons and confetti didn't fall from the ceiling when I placed my ballot in the box. So after...