So I don’t know about you but, I am having trouble with the new normal. Is it normal? And I find myself falling into the social media trap of seeing all the things I should be doing with all this “time” I have during Minnesota’s Stay At Home order. The homeschooling activies I should be doing so my kids don’t […]
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Today is a day that my husband and I are celebrating. Five years ago, I was awoken at 5:30 in the morning with the worst possible phone call. From my husband, in jail. I fell into a pit of depression, deeper than any I had been in before. My two year old daughter sleeping in
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As you know, it’s end of the school year parties, concerts, field trips and events galore. Between preschool events and kindergarten, it feels like it’ll never end (although, preschool has actually ended so there’s at least that). Kindergarten has definitely been an experience for both me and Mini. Her reading scares the living crap out
I am a total recovering “do everything myself” person. I am VERY bad at asking for help. So I have the tendency to stick with what I know, and just keep doing that, not always thinking about how I could maybe make it easier on myself. A friend of mine introduced me to her nanny
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On Tuesdays, I take my niece, Bean, to music class. She is such a beautiful soul in class! At two and a half, she sings the loudest, dances around the room, and even when she doesn’t know the words, is such an active participant. I love watching her and spending that special 45 minutes, just
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Not too long ago, I found myself in a pretty heavy shame spiral. Now, this does not happen very often to me, but every once in a while, when I’m feeling particularly vulnerable, and something slips through the cracks, I crack. My husband was kind enough to give me the space I needed, and I
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Vulnerability. It’s HARD. And making new friends as an adult is not easy. How much of myself do I actually share with this person? It feels safer to just talk about the weather than it does about some of life’s harder moments. Last week, I took a chance on really making a connection. After three
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I know this in my heart, but it doesn’t make it any easier. Lately my son, Coupe, has decided not to nap. Now, I don’t know how much you know about my history with sleeping kiddos, but it is somewhat the bane of my existence ever since my daughter, who, it felt like, never slept
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Mama, do you feel more like the left picture or the right one? While can honestly say, I more often and most days feel like the photo on the right, there was definitely a time when the left photo was a more accurate description of my mind space. After giving everything I had during the
I was recently listening to one of my favorite podcasts: Mind Your Business with James Wedmore in which he had a conversation with Jonathan Fields in a discussion about Sparketype. Your Primary Sparketype gives you insight into your nature or “driver” of the work you’re here to do (whether it’s the work you get paid
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