claim your light
Feel like you're drowning in motherhood? Like you've lost your fire, your spark, the things that made you who you are? I've been there, too, and it hurts. Read on to find out how to make time to grow, learn, create, and mother from a whole-person perspective. You're a great mom--but you're MORE than that one role. Find yourSELF in motherhood. ♥
One of the hardest things about being a mom is feeling like I have to wait. Wait until the baby is in her highchair to load the dishwasher. (She likes to steal the dirty silverware.) Wait until the kids are sleeping to work on my blog. Wait until my husband is home to be able to grocery shop without three… Read More
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
You’re perched on the starting block over an Olympic-sized pool, fingers gripping the base as the toes of your leading foot curl over the edge. Your heart pounds and your whole body crackles with an electric energy–part terror, part determination–as you stare into the water. The pressure is so intense you can barely breathe. You’re about to swim a 400m… Read More
