A First For Everything
Like any parent, you never forget the day your child was born. That day was so special, filled with nothing but pure joy and humbleness, that the girl we prayed for, for so many years, was finally in our arms. To see her grow and turn into the sweetest little girl, brings nothing but joy…
Start the list: You haven’t finished the laundry. You haven’t made that new recipe. You haven’t organized your kids’ papers. You haven’t made a “good” supper in weeks. You haven’t exercised in who knows how long. You haven’t done this. And you haven’t done that. I am sure you can fill in the blanks. Think…
Do you ever sometimes feel like certain parts of your life are surreal and a distant memory, but are so real in the sense that you couldn’t imagine your life without those circumstances or situations? Five years ago, we said “see you later” to our precious little twins. There is an incredibly long story that…
I had all these grand ideas of how I was going to be the perfect stay-at-home-mom. As much as didn’t/don’t want to admit it, we go into parenthood with expectations. I made the mistake of telling Dan that I didn’t really have any expectations, but the more I thought about it, I so did! I…
We were able to spend this past weekend with my parents, as they visited us from Michigan! From a previous past you may recall that we ended up riding out with them from Michigan to Minnesota because of vehicle trouble. That is still in the works, but as we see that situation unfold, we see…
I was thinking about how to describe today. I opened up my email and saw I had a facebook message from my friend Kelli. She wanted to let me know about a quote she heard today and she thought of us: Carrying your baby doesn’t make you a mom – it is what happens when…