For Mom

Anyone else finding it hard to believe it’s going to be 2023 soon?! I feel like I’m still stuck in 2020. As the year winds down, I always go into reflective mode. These are a few lessons I journaled about...

In the last 12 years of being a parent, an infamous saying of mine would sound a little like this, “It’s just busy right now, it’ll get better after x,y,z.” Narrators voice: She was fooling herself; it did not get...

There are so many good documentaries out there. Whenever I think about my obsession with documentaries, I think about that amazing meme; it goes something like this: Field trips are wasted on kids. Imagine getting a whole day off...

As the kids return to school and cooler air makes for cozy couch nests, you might be looking for a new book to help you relax, teach you a little something, or just distract you from reality. If only you...

I am a good mom. I repeat this to myself as I let my kids watch one more episode of Paw Patrol or I let them eat chicken nuggets at dinner for the fifth night in a row. Now...

My name is Mary, and I am an exhausted mom. In fact, I’ve been putting off writing this post about mom exhaustion because, get this, I’m exhausted. It seems like one of the universal experiences of motherhood is exhaustion.  Aren’t...

I want to let you in on a little secret. Out of the ashes of your greatest struggle, your area of deepest pain and heartache, will rise your greatest joy—if you let it.  I know that’s a hard concept to...

There comes a time in life when you simply have to roll up your sleeves, take a deep breath, and take apart your sink. Yes, your literal sink. Although, you can also refer to the sink as your life in...

  School’s out. The sun is up. It’s officially summer!  For most moms, that means full days of popsicles, parks, and play here in Des Moines.  That’s why I’ve compiled a list of my top summer must-haves for the mom on-the-go! As...

Before becoming a mom, I enjoyed long gym workouts, craft projects, reading novels, walking around Target, and volunteering. Wow has time changed those priorities! I have begun a journey of reclaiming who I am outside of “mom.” It has...