Parenthood

"You should be ashamed of yourself for being a stay at home wife." These are the words that have haunted me for years. Every now and then they resurface, nudging the corners of my vision. I had been at a...

My daughter was born in 2016. The rhetoric of that year was particularly polarizing, outlandish, and oftentimes, outright sexist. I remember it as a hard time to be a new mom, trying to navigate the ins-and-outs of raising a...

Transitioning from an active-duty Army soldier to an Army spouse seems like it would be easy. You are going from working full time to staying home full time; what’s not to like? However, any new mother that has ever had...

My first baby came right on time. My second baby came 2 weeks early. When I found out I was pregnant the third time, I looked at the calendar and his March 22nd due date and oh-so-prophetically proclaimed, "He...

Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty products to recipes to books and anything in between. This week I will be introducing you...

Did you know that today is Pancake Day? It is an entire day devoted to one of my favorite breakfast foods. Maybe it is the nostalgia that comes with cooking a big pancake breakfast on a Sunday morning or...

Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty products to recipes to books and anything in between. That positive pink line is staring right...

My kids have a favorite song from church that includes the line "Lead me, guide me, walk beside me. Help me find the way!" I love the imagery that this conveys. As parents, it is our job to walk...

February. The month of love. Shops, adverts, and magazines all tell us how love should feel and what it should look like. In our house, Valentine’s Day is known as Heart Day. As parents, we consciously moved away from the...

Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty products to recipes to books and anything in between. My mom used to read “Artie and...

I once wrote a paper in college about the movie “Groundhog Day” and Nietzche’s doctrine of eternal recurrence: would you choose to live the exact same life, the exact same way on a loop for eternity? I think of...

Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty products to recipes to books and anything in between. We just flew cross country to visit...