Two years ago, when I was pregnant with my son, people used to tell me that pregnancy was the most wonderful time of their lives. I would literally balk. Pregnancy–anything but miserable? Perhaps. But the greatest experience of their lives? Yeah, there was no way. Perhaps some people had okay experiences, but there was no way that pregnancy was the best time of their lives. Now we’re coming up on mytell me the rest!
Category: Motherhood
I forgot how to relax
At home, I can always find something to do. Always. Floors must be swept, dishes must be done, the little guy decided to rearrange the kitchen pantry, my husband’s boots left sand tracked across the house–even when there’s nothing to do, I still find something. It drives my husband nuts and he’s constantly asking me to stop because my perpetual doing puts him on edge, but I feel like I can’ttell me the rest!
Dear distracting white-noise machine (aka. TV), we are breaking up
Two years ago, our phones were ringing incessantly with sales calls from cable reps who would offer us anything to use their services. “Hi, is this Ms. Emma?” “Yes, this is her.” “Hi, Ms. Emma, this is Dan with DirecTV. We have a fantastic rate to offer–“ “I’m sorry, we don’t watch TV in our family. We’re not interested in cable services.” “Yeah, I understand, family time is very important.tell me the rest!
Welcome to military wife life: from one extreme to the other
Two days ago, we pulled up to our North Carolina home and breathed a massive sigh of relief. Home. We made it. But at the same time, the tears welled up. I didn’t want to come back to spending my days isolated and alone, I wanted to be around family and friends. I want my son to spend his days wrestling with Pop Pop and brushing his teeth with Grandmatell me the rest!
How to break your family’s spirits
Do you ever just feel tired? My husband and I have the following conversation nearly daily: “Are you alright?” he asks me kindly. “Yes, I’m just tired” “You can go take a nap if you’d like.” “Not that kind of tired, babe.” Of course there are times I’m sleepy but at the end of a long day it’s my spirit that is tired. My mind is tired. My body istell me the rest!
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!
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 attention 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!
Dear Military Wife: It’s okay to ask for help
I slumped against the sofa, defeated, as my son writhed and kicked in my arms. The tears had long since had their way with the small amount of makeup I had put on that morning. My son’s fever simply would not go down. There hadn’t been a quiet moment since 6am. The sink was overflowing with dishes. The emotional stress was so high I felt sick to my stomach andtell me the rest!
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!
Staying at home with a toddler is no more chaotic than staying home during a tornado
You must have so much free time when you’re at home alone, right? If you’re a mom, that’s the funniest joke you’ll hear all day.