5 Simple and Delicious Crock Pot Dinner Ideas
Mom, what’s for dinner? I’m hungry. Is dinner ready? How long until dinner is ready? And the chorus goes on and on and on. No matter how many times you cook dinner, someone always expects to eat dinner again the…
3 Astounding Confessions from a Mom’s Return to “Normal Life”
Parenting through a pandemic is interesting to say the least. I never intended to home school my children and yet we spent the entire last school year in a virtual school bubble. We spent 18 months or so keeping our…
How to Use My Astoundingly Simple Method to Care for Sick Kids
As we move ourselves out of pandemic isolation and back into all our real-world spaces, the inevitable happened – we have three sick kids! I knew this was going to happen. I fear the little man will be sick for…
I Am a Momma, I Love Being a Mom, But We Can Skip Mother’s Day
I woke up this morning and made the realization I have NO IDEA when Mother’s Day is. NONE! It is in May. I know that. Always on a Sunday, okay I know that one too. But which Sunday in May,…
How an Empathy Upgrade is a Valuable Parenting Skill
I am a mom of three amazing children. They are creative, intelligent, loving, and fun. They are also sensitive, loud, obnoxious, and demanding. As a parent, I walk a tight rope as I manage rules, emotions, and the ins and…
How to Ditch the Dress Code and Empower Body Positivity
My 2021 goal is to read more. I enjoy reading and need to make the effort to do things I enjoy. Looking for lighthearted entertainment, I picked up a middle grade novel recommended by my cousin. Dress Coded by Carrie…
How to Plan a Deliciously Simple Holiday Brunch
With all the hustle and bustle surrounding the holidays, meals can be a cause of stress and tension. After all it takes a lot of planning, shopping, time and effort to put together a holiday meal. One of my favorite…
To My Daughter on Your First Communion
October 17th, 2020 my dear, sweet daughter took a giant step in growing her faith. On this day she received her First Communion, a huge rite of passage for those in the Roman Catholic church community. It was an emotional…
Tales from the Adventure of Virtual Kindergarten
Never did I ever want to home school my children. Never did I ever want my children to attend virtual school at home. Yet 2020 with it’s global pandemic, catapults us into a virtual school journey, like it or not.…
Momma’s Deer Hunting Diaries Volume One
The one thing I’ve learned since meeting my husband is to never say the word never. Anyone who has known me for any length of time would not peg me as a deer hunter. Until ten short years ago, I…