Tag: parenting
Gold Medal Parenting
Do you ever feel like you've done so well at parenting that you deserve a gold medal? Or maybe a bronze? Or maybe some...
10 Reflections on a Decade of Parenting
As I reflected on the coming of the year 2020 and the decade behind it, I realized that I've been parenting for 10 years!...
This is Our Life Now…and I’m Not Sad About It
Anxiety over the perfect nursery set up and when and how contractions will start,
Anticipation over finally seeing his face and hearing her cry,
This is...
Parent, Playmate, or Friend?
My boys are playing baseball outside, one in an old soccer uniform and the other in a shirt he’s outgrown. They are five and...
A Necessary Discussion: Mommy, Why Are You Crying?
Earlier this month, I had to speak with my babies about running away from gunfire. I know I'm not the only momma that had...
We’re Going Places This Summer, and We’re Having Fun!
The craziest thing happened this summer. We went places as a family — and we had fun! No. Really. I actually had fun taking...
A Mother’s Love – Do you see it?
Now is the time
Embrace every moment
Very soon
Everything will be different.
Remember these days.
Even though you feel weary, fret not -
Nothing you do is worthless.
Daughters and...
A Mother’s Love: Everything Has Changed
Our RGVMB contributor Jenn shares some great poetry with us for National Poetry Month, inspired by her motherhood journey!
An image on a sonogram —...
From Mine to Ours: Before Kids vs. After Kids
Cooking and working out were always my go-to activities. It was "me time." These were the things in the world of crazy kids, demanding...
In the Bag: Keeping Kids Happy at the Doctor’s Office
Anyone else's kids always seem to get sick on a weekend at 8:00 p.m.? Flash forward to a scene in the waiting room. Waiting....