Despite what others may think, it is perfectly normal for you and your children to want some time apart from one another. Just like any other relationship, kids get sick of their parents, and parents get sick of always being around their children. I believe this is why we take advantage of the opportunities when…
Category: Parenting
That Question We All Love to Hate
Now that our daughter is three years old, it is not very often that time goes by when someone is asking my husband and I this one aching question: “When are y’all going to have another baby??? Jokingly, we always tell them a number of different answers: “I don’t know” “Soon” “When you start helping…
Striving to be Better for Those Who Look up to Me
Q: Do I see myself as successful? I don’t really define success by the way others view my accomplishments; but more-so how I feel about what I have accomplished. At the beginning of this year, I made a list of things I wanted to accomplish. I made promises to myself about the type of woman…
A Lesson on Lying…
As a child, there’s always something that you’re getting in trouble for or known for in your family that will live on in infamy. My pitfall? Lying. My mother would tell you I used to lie relentlessly. I would lie like it was a language I was fluent in. She would ask me a question…
Mothers Don’t Want (or Need) to be Fathers on Father’s Day
Might ruffle feathers but, *shrugs*…
Being Emotional on a Saturday Afternoon….
Have you ever felt like you were just out there on your own private island, with no friends to talk to about what’s going on in your everyday, run-of-the-mill life? Yea. I’ve been there. I’m going to get a bit vulnerable and let a little of my personal feelings out in this post. I want…
The Importace of “Adult Time”
I recently spent New Years’ with some of my close friends, ina cabin up in north Georgia. I had an exciting time and it was just my husband and I needed for the end of a great year and to begin a new one. While I was spending time with my friends, I realized how…
Presence
Sometimes, all people really want or desire from you is your presence. They want you to be present; mentally and physically. They want you to understand, or at least appear to understand them in their time of need. One thing I want to be more of is present. I feel that I spend a lot…
My Child Amazes Me!
Sometimes, I can’t help but be in complete awe of my child. She truly is an amazing little toddler!
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