claim your light
We can't be perfect parents, but we can parent with purpose. Read on to discover ways to make your parenting more intentional, meaningful, and focused on the values you want to instill in your kids.
Hey there, mama. Do you ever wonder why it is so hard for you to be a mom? Everyone else seems to be doing great, right? Everyone else has their hair done and gets to playgroups every week and posts pictures of their children giggling and eating their green leafy vegetables. Everyone else’s kids sit still during the church service… Read More
Peeing alone is kind of the holy grail of mothering small children. Somehow the same child who takes 45 minutes to eat (read: mush her chubby baby-fingers into) a single cheese stick can edge with lightning speed through the closing bathroom door should you try to escape to the loo unaccompanied. There was a moment several years ago when, scrolling through… Read More
About five seconds into our backyard picnic today I knew it was all over. As I was handing my four-year-old his plate, one of his pear slices slipped and fell (in absolute slow-motion) onto the ground. My heart sank. I could feel his cry building: the mounting atmospheric pressure of a volcano about to erupt. Then with wailing, tears, and tremors… Read More
