Guest post: Kristina Smith The four children are dressed, chores completed, hot breakfast eaten and pencils to paper as we begin this school day at 8am sharp. I sip my coffee and sit on the patio overlooking the prairie, careful not to spill on my freshly ironed jean skirt. JUST KIDDING y’all, half my …
Category: FAMILY
#MOMCRUSHMONDAY: on losing a child
Guest post by Kelley Adams Her name is Willow. Her life has purpose. We were late bloomers, 40 when our girl Hattie was born. Having grown up an only child, I desperately wanted her to have a sibling so at almost 44, I was pregnant with our second little girl. We did no age …
Coming clean about Santa Claus
Before we had children, Jayson and I had the talk about Santa. Do we tell our kids about Santa or tell them the truth from the get-go? Jayson came from a super-christian “over spiritual” (as he calls it) family and church where there was no tree, ornaments or santa. I was born in India and …
Christmas traditions you can start today!
I love the holiday season and I can’t believe Christmas is almost here y’all. Everyone has different things they like about the holidays, but it is usually wrapped around some sort of a tradition. There are activities and rituals we tend to remember when we think back on the holidays, because we did it every …
Held
For the past week, someone has been sick at my house. Last night my little dude was running a fever and barely slept. He seems to get an ear infection with every new tooth. I am pretty sure he got his pain tolerance (or the lack of) from his momma, because he is miserable when …
#MOMCRUSHMONDAY: #1 TIP FOR THE WORKING MOM
Guest post: Shiny Rachel Pappy When you were a little girl did you dream about work-life balance? No? Me neither. My mom worked full-time, cooked for the entire family, did all of the shopping, cleaning, laundry, everything really, and seemed to balance it all effortlessly. In fact, everyone I knew had a mom who …
What to do when bad things happen around us
So can we all just agree that the world has been crazy for the past few months? It’s been nuts! It seems like there have been non-stop tragedies all around. From hurricanes to wildfires- people having to evacuate their homes, lose their families and their own lives. If that wasn’t enough, a crazy guy opens …
QUICK & EASY FALL MAKEUP LOOK USING ALL DRUG STORE PRODUCTS
Happy Monday, mamas! I hope some of you out there are actually enjoying the cool fall weather. It is still pretty warm down south, but I am excited to see leaves starting to change colors and pumpkin spice everywhere. (I am pretty basic!) Seriously, I love all things fall: cardigans, boots, scarves. And I love …
How to make the most out of “ME-TIME”
During the week I like to plan everything out, so on weekends and vacations I take a break from planning. My friends like to plan out their vacation/weekend activities, but my philosophy has always been whatever happens, happens. Hakuna Matata! I just lounge around and do whatever I feel like doing whenever I feel like …
3 types of people you need in your life
The people you surround yourself with influence who you become, your values and your choices. In life you meet so many people, some come and go, a few remain. These few make connections that are sometimes seasonal, because of the different phases in life, and others are lifers. No matter where you are in life, …