What happens when we just…go? When we let go of convention and embrace the unique opportunities presented to us while we can? What becomes of our lives and to the lives of those we love? I know you. You’re a mother. A creator. You’re a giver, a lover, a nurturer, a comforter. You are a leader,… Read More A Fierce Urgency of Now
This weekend I am calling it quits. For twenty-seven glorious hours, I will not be responding to anyone calling me, ‘mom’. I will close the door to the bathroom, watch grown-up TV, and perhaps even call my girlfriend who I haven’t chatted with, uninterrupted, for weeks now. I.CAN’T.FREAKING.WAIT! I will be attending my church’s annual… Read More Times of Refreshing
My husband and I have traveled quite a few times over the past few years with our crew of three small kiddos. This upcoming week we will be taking our first trip of the summer by bringing our five year-old, four year-old and nearly three year-old on an international adventure from Chicago to Los Angeles… Read More Ten Tips for Trippin’ with Tiny Travelers
Words cannot begin to describe the heaviness my heart has been feeling for the past few days. They say when it rains it pours and Orlando, it seems to be monsoon season. What has happened to you dear Orlando is the stuff of any parent’s worst nightmare and for so many parents, it is not… Read More To Orlando With Love
My husband recently purchased me a Fitbit Flex. I resisted for a very long time because I thought that by joining the “community” I would have to participate in these challenges to see who got the most steps in each day and such. I’ve watched quite a bit of nonsense unfold over the past few… Read More Better Parenting with Fitbit and 5 Other Mommy-Must-Haves
Hi, my name is Gabriella and I am an imperfect parent. While the internet drags two parents (well, mainly the mom) through the mud after their preschooler fell 15 feet into a Gorilla enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo (read here), I thought I would express my empathy for parents of small kiddos by rounding up my… Read More The Mistakes We Make
I have been on the losing side of an epic battle with my right-hand man for better of eight months. He has been on my very last nerve and if I could, I would throw his annoying behind right out of our second story window. He’s there, glaring me down in the morning, distracting me… Read More WE’RE BREAKING UP!
My husband and I are in the midst of a mini-debate centered on Mother’s Day. Growing up, Mother’s Day was always a day dedicated to our matriarch, my grandmother. Year after year, we packed into the car and made the trek out to Oak Brook Mall to spend the day sitting in the sun, looking… Read More All I Want For Mother’s Day…
As a mom of three kids aged five and under, I am often asked if I have a favorite child. Obviously, the politically correct, positive, upbeat, well-intentioned mom in me, politely smiles and says, “Of course not! How could I?” That would make things unfair, wouldn’t it? It would…wouldn’t it? A mother shouldn’t have a… Read More I “Don’t” Have a Favorite
Children obey your parents…it’s pleasing to the Lord. How about it’s also pleasing to your parents?!? As a mom of three children ages five, three and two, I only wish that the paraphrased piece of scripture I opened with, Colossians 3:20, was a bit more understandable to my kiddos. On more than one occasion (typically… Read More The Lollipop Kids Take Over!