Living With Purpose
No one ever prepared me for what life would be like to have twins 10 weeks early. One, a 1lb 10 oz micro preemie. The other, much larger, but much sicker. And then Kathryn left us. I can tell you that living in the NICU for 84 days was hell on earth. Thankfully that is […]
Oh yes I did! I dyed my hair purple for the walk on Saturday! Purple is my favorite color, it’s the color that reminds me most of my Kathryn, and it’s the color for Preemies and the March of Dimes. Perfect! But I did it for the Walk. What walk? THE WALK! The march for […]
Mothers… Sometimes we get a bad rap. A lot of times we feel pressured to be more than we can be. But today, instead of getting down on myself, I choose to celebrate the things that I do well as a mom. Although I’ve given myself a very difficult time over what has happened in […]
The Mom Connection is a panel of moms who discuss topics we think moms want to know about. This week, we’re discussing refueling the mom tank. Welcome! I’m Julie over at Naptime Review. I am a mom of two wild, crazy and beautiful girls. My oldest just turned 4 and my baby is 17 months […]
I am part of an AWESOME mommy panel with Cassie from Two In Diapers and Julie from Naptime Review. Each Saturday, we will bring you fresh new ideas and advice about motherhood. If you enjoyed what you read, we encourage you to tweet about it! Tweet Coming on February 9th, we will discuss: How do […]
I never took the time to write down my son’s birth story, and I feel pretty badly about that. He is almost six! So, when my friend Nicolette at Powerful Mothering told me she was collecting first born birth stories, I was happy to participate! My first born… my son. It took 28 hours […]
The kids are out of school today, so I’m enjoying a day with them! I did want to share this awesome banner my friend ReNee at Random ReNee made for me! And another cute one she made that reminded her of the Survivors with Guardian Angel Twins. Feel free to click on my banner below […]
My blogging friend Janine is co-hosting a link up this week that I really can connect with. “Raising Imperfection.” This is a topic I know a lot about. Although I think my kids are (almost) perfect, not everyone would agree. My five year old (Nayner Bug) tends to throw tantrums and whine alot, although as […]
I’m Going Green today with Adrienne! I was over at Writing, Wishing (one of my favorite blogs) and her post today really struck a chord with me. Alison’s post is entitled “Intrinsic Goodness” and is about the goodness within us that exists clearly as children and just seems to get sucked out of us as […]
We’re having a drastic change in pace today… I don’t want all of my posts to make you feel like jumping off of a bridge, so tonight, you get the distinct pleasure of hearing one of my favorite funny stories of motherhood. Have you noticed how much moms (and dads for that matter) with small […]
I was so hopeful we’d have a good first day… my oldest child was starting Kindergarten! We have been talking about school for weeks – how fun it is, how he’ll meet so many new friends! We breezed through the assessment and orientation, and BB was excited! I even displayed an uncharacteristic amount of organization […]
It amazes me sometimes how much wisdom children and young adults have within them. Just recently a 16 year old girl has written a short poem that truly moved me. If you’re new to our story, you should know that we lost a 2 day old baby almost eight months ago due to a terrible […]
