Marriage, Military, Motherhood

Is it okay to be happy when so many others are hurting?

A strange thing has happened to me recently. I haven’t had any words. If you know me, you’ll know that is strange. I always have something to say, and especially as a blogger I’ve made it my personal mission to empower, educate, and encourage other young wives and mamas like myself. When I learn hard lessons in parenting or in my marriage, I write about them in hopes that someonetell me the rest!

Marriage, Motherhood, Uncategorized

They need more than 99% of our attention 99% of the time

Every night after laying my sweet boy in his crib and closing his door, I can feel my shoulders slump. My day as a mom is over, and after a day of everything needing my constant attentionĀ I am so tired. It’s rarely physical exhaustion; instead it’s there-is-so-much-I-have-to-do tired and shoot-I-forgot-to-do-that-thing tired and when-is-that-appointment-again? tired. A million wheels turning all at once as we try to balance feeding the family, feedingtell me the rest!

Motherhood

My five-star luxury trip from hell

As the waiter arrived at my table carrying my 14oz ribeye with the spicy lemon salad and unlimited fries, I wanted to cry. My son sat next to me, chomping down his parmesan garlic fries, perfectly content. Yes, my tears were happy tears. We were at the Radisson Edwardian in London–an evening I had never seen coming two days earlier as I sat waiting for my very delayed flight withtell me the rest!