The Pain We Carry While Reaping Great Joy

I've been limping around for roughly a month now.  Physically limping, as opposed to emotionally limping, which seems to happen far more often.  Somehow, I sprained my ankle, though I cannot recall how I did it.  It's part of me now.  My husband keeps telling me to get a brace or to stay off of it …

To Every Mom of Small Kids Saying STOP IT – I See You

I see you at Panera telling her to stop dumping the salt in the water. I see you at the park telling him to stop licking the bench - I have one doing that too. I see you in the bathroom telling them to stop smearing whatever that is onto the wall. I see you …

Hard Work Makes a Mother

"Hard work makes a mother. We like to think something magical happens at birth, and for some it does. But the real magic is keeping on, when all you want to do is run." From Call the Midwife - one of the most incredible shows I've ever watched. I didn't have that magic right away …