Today I Said Goodbye To the Only Version of You I’ve Ever Known
It is my first time saying goodbye. Today brought conflicting emotions to the surface like a rising tide as it inevitably crashes to shore. I felt immense joy as giddy laughter bubbled forth from the...
View ArticleI Don’t Want to Spend Today Worrying How Much I’ll Miss Him Tomorrow
Dear toddler, Everyone tells me the days are long, but the years are short. They tell me I’ll turn around twice and you’ll suddenly be grown. They tell me I will look back and miss this season of life...
View ArticleKids Need Grace and So Do Their Moms
We were having a hard morning. Our house was overrun with toys, I hadn’t had a chance to get dressed, and my stress level was increasing by the minute. To top it all off, my 3-year-old was having a...
View Article3 Things Toddlers Teach Us if We Slow Down and Notice
The saying goes, “Learn from your elders.” I’ve heard it said throughout my childhood and into my adult life. There is a lot to learn from people who are older than you, especially from their mistakes....
View ArticleBaby Boy, There’s So Much I Want You To Know
To the little boy who made me a mom, I feel like it was just yesterday when I saw those two lines on the pregnancy test. When the kicks and the excitement of hearing your heartbeat was like no other...
View ArticleI Miss the Fingerprints on the Glass
The absence of fingerprints is loud. I know, I know. We’ve heard it a million times before from seniors and articles plastered across the internet, “One day you’ll miss those fingerprints and wish you...
View ArticleHaving Two Under Two Was the Best Decision I Ever Made
My baby was 14 months old when I found out I was pregnant with baby number two. He had just learned how to walk, still requiring me to walk behind him holding both of his hands above his head so he...
View ArticleFrom Baby to Boy
The sweet snuggles and sighs are slowly making way for more crawling climbing and exploring each day. And just when I think my baby is gone, you snuggle into my chest, convincing me I’m wrong. I watch...
View ArticleHaving a Late Talker Does Not Mean You’re Failing as a Parent
As a Child Development Specialist, I enter people’s homes providing developmental intervention sessions and see more than an adorable toddler that I get to teach as their bright eyes believe I have...
View ArticleI Know This Baby Is Our Last and It’s Bittersweet
Three is our magic number. It always has been. It feels like the perfect number of kids for us. Everyone who belongs around my dinner table is here. Our family is complete. And yet even though my...
View ArticleWhen Your Baby becomes a Big Boy
My son recently learned how to climb out of things, so I asked my husband to take the side off the crib to convert it to a toddler bed today. I snapped one last picture of my son in his crib before I...
View ArticleThis is the Bittersweet Goodbye to the Baby Years
Last August, I had my last baby. Oof. Even typing those words makes my heart ache. There’s something so final, so sad, so unreal about acknowledging the end of having babies. Maybe it’s because I’m the...
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