Rooting for Wings

You know what I've been thinking about? This meme or post or quote I once saw on Facebook that had written in huge bold letters something to the effect of: “DON’T YELL AT YOUR KIDS AND THEN EXPECT THEM TO HAVE A GOOD DAY.” And when I saw it my initial reaction was, “that's a…

Mental Health Mondays

You know how sometimes things run their course? Like you’ve taken them as far as they can go and continuing the charade would just be redundant and oh I don’t know, embarrassing and annoying to everyone involved? Like hearing about it for the zillionth time would prompt the following Simon Cowell reaction? Well that’s how…

Untold Stories: Kids Edition

I don't talk about my kids a lot anymore. I used to when their problems were small and the solutions were simple. When the biggest struggle I had was finding the balance between their need for snuggle time and my need for down time or how to juggle their nap time with my needing to…

Behind the Scenes of My Latest Piece

I am going to veer off the railroad tracks here a smidge; break with tradition if you will and post on a Sunday. One of my pieces was published by one of my favorite sites and I just saw that it went live! And I'm gonna share it with you. Why? I don't really have…

Milo Monday and Factory Resets

Have you ever taken away your kids electronics and then realized that the one you have actually punished is yourself? Yea. That happened. But also, something else cool happened. It was a great weekend. We hung out. Remember hanging out? Like families used to when I was a kid. It was relaxing and calm weekend…

Rest Well

I soap box a lot about the importance of honoring rest and restoration and also the fact that it will look different for everyone so I wanted to share what that looked like for me over the weekend because I found immense joy in quite simple things and instead of just saying “rest” I thought…

Keep Looking, Warriors

Reconciling with my changed body is a work in progress and I have worked hard to be kind and accepting to my mid-thirty figure. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But what is it about a camera lens that takes hard fought for inner peace and turns it into unwavering doubt. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My daughter snapped this shot while I was…

Embracing Rest Over Rush

On Saturdays and Sundays my social media feeds are full of all the events families are busy doing and seemingly having the time of their lives. We,however, are the family that purposefully keeps our weekends quiet and free and that doesn’t mean free so we can make plans to run ourselves ragged that means free…

Rebel Eats: Meal Plan Week Of September 26, 2020

Some weeks my meal plan is innovative. Maybe even what some would consider healthy. I try new recipes and I enjoy doing it. This is not one of those weeks. Let's be honest. Since the children have gone back to school, in whatever capacity that may be, it has been hard. My drive to create…

Christmas Shopping Edition: Read

*This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. P.S. click pictures for links!* This year for Christmas we are doing something a little different. We are being intentional with our gift giving. You can read the full scoop here, and again here, but that is basically the jist. It is important…