Being mom all the time was a little bit of a shocker to me, despite hearing from everyone that my first few months was feed the baby, eat, sleep, repeat. Except, I think I missed, that the sleep part was like for 2 hours at a time. I thought I could prepare well for being…
There’s never enough time to get everything done. At least that’s what you feel like when you consider cleaning your house. All the stuff needs to get clean and you’re constantly at it. But what if—you stopped cleaning your house? “Are you kidding? I can’t do that! What are you thinking, Sonya?!!!” Now that I’ve…
The grocery store and a temper tantrum are like best friends for moms with young kids—at least most moms. But, I’m pretty excited to say that I rarely get to experience my son throwing a temper tantrum. Can it be true? Absolutely. It does happen occasionally, but if he does throw a fit, it’s usually…
It’s hard being a mom. I hear it and you hear it all the time. It’s a message we’ve taken on fully as moms—the celebration of mom memes, #momlife shirts, and the #motherhoodishard movement. What does it sound and look like? “May your coffee be stronger than your toddler.” “I scream. You scream. We all…
It was a normal every day conversation with my friend Beth—until she started to cry. We were catching up on life and how things were going when I mentioned I was writing more on my blog. Then she asked, “How do you find yourself able to write when there’s so much to do as a…