My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis. -Drew Barrymore It struck me the other day that my word for 2021, calm, is spot on. Little did I know how often I’d be searching for my calm while teaching my oldest kid how […]

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. -Sophia Loren A close friend recently mentioned that she was feeling exhausted and shared all that was on her mind. I empathized and then mentioned that it […]

I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. -Jodi Picoult As moms, we can be so very hard on ourselves, especially in the pursuit of perfection. Perfectionism is often based in anxiety and fear, and creates a burnout cycle because our lives will never […]

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent. –Barbara Bush Feeling overwhelmed as a mom seems to just be part […]

Being a mother isn’t a job. It’s who someone is. -Shonda Rhimes We’re coming off  “snowmageddon 2021” here is Texas, and boy has it been an unexpected week. A week that brought so much uncertainty into all of our lives, from basic needs like heat, water, electricity not being met to schools and workplaces being […]