When you think of a healthy mom… Immediately you picture a mom who is beautiful and physically fit. I know, I used to think this way too. But, setting this stereotype aside, if you really take a moment to think about it… What would make you feel like you’re a healthy mom? Maybe you feel…
Overwhelmed with job loss? Jennifer Roskamp was too, and… This mom of nine kids…she took that overwhelm and did something with it. She rubbed 2 pennies together to make a dollar. Sounds like a miracle of biblical proportions, right? Maybe…but…maybe not. Have you ever heard the Jennifer Roskamp Story? She’s a wife, mom to 9,…
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…
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…