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Category: Momlife

The Dark Cloud

This one is for all you mommas out there who have ever struggled with postpartum depression. I remember being pregnant and thinking that would never happen to me… well it did TWICE. I don’t know why we are so afraid of admitting when we need help, like we are supposed to be supermom all the time. That if we don’t have it together all the time then we aren’t a good mom. If I need help, that means I am doing something wrong. Having that feeling that I should be able to handle all of this because all these other moms can, but why? Why do we sit there and feed ourselves all these lies? Why do we beat ourselves so far down that we have to fight like hell to get back up? All because we don’t want to be labeled “that mom” that has PPD? Do not for one second try to think you are doing something wrong. Do not think that for one second that there is something you could have done differently. I remember after my first daughter was born I struggled with breastfeeding, it…

The Highs and Lows of Parenting

Motherhood with a toddler has been more than exhausting lately. Our youngest is 2 and has been throwing temper tantrums, challenging every thing we ask her to do, and is determined to do exactly what she wants to do when she wants to do it. Then you can throw in a back-talking, sassy and strong willed eight year old that is going on sixteen, and our five year old who is so exhausted from school she can’t even think straight, and all these things make for a constant struggle bus. These seasons of motherhood are beyond exhausting and so difficult. It is so hard to not the difficult things define your days. It is so hard to remember God’s grace and to show that grace to our children. Some days there is not enough time in the day or enough coffee, praying and wine. Lol. “Discipline is an act of love. Discipline can be positive.”- Dr. Meg Meeker One of the biggest struggles I have is discipline and doing it in a way that teaches them. So many times my beautiful, wonderful children push my buttons in all the wrong ways. They know…