Tag: health
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To the Women In My Corner and Giving Yourself Grace Amidst it All
Two years in as an adoptive mom. My daughter is simply brilliant, sometimes I have to step back in the more challenging moments and take account of all she’s been through and how much she’s overcome. In two years our family has been through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows of integrating…
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Breaking the Cycle of Food Anxiety in Children
“Mommy, you packed me bad foods.” “What?” I responded. “You packed me pretzels and they are crunchy munchees and my teacher said those are bad for me to eat” “That is not true, mommy packs you a lot of different foods that work together to make you strong and healthy”. We were getting in the…
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Finishing a Marathon in More Ways than One
My “a” key is sticky as I type this, so it could get interesting. It’s been one week. One week since I crossed the finish line of the Walt Disney World Marathon. One week of achieving two goals I had set post-partum. One week of unwinding from a season of chaos, and more ugly-named a…
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On 4 Month Olds and Updating
Last night was the first time little man slept semi-through the night in 3 full weeks. The 4 month sleep regression was so real for us. But it didn’t stop life from continuing on, work projects with deadlines, a crankier small human during the day, and a house that needs all its work done day…
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It’s FINALLY Time
I’ve been hinting around my book for almost a year now, and ya’ll it’s within a week of being READY! So, what does that mean exactly? Well I first want to do a little Q/A about the 180 pages of words, so that all of you who have asked now can hop on board! Why…
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Traversing the Unknown
I can’t go into this without thanking everyone who has walked through any period of these years with us, and to everyone who has supported us through it all. There really aren’t words to truly put this season and past two years into words. It’s definitely not the way I expected life to go when…