Friends, being a work at home mom is flipping hard. This isn’t going to be some Mommy Wars post about how being a work at home mom is harder and/or better than being a work outside the home mom or a stay at home mom. I’ve been all three, and they’re all hard and best […]
It’s often the first question I’m asked whenever anyone learns that I’m pregnant. Friends, family, and the old lady at the grocery store just can’t help it. People don’t even think before they ask you. “When are you due?” “What’s your due date?” “How far along are you?” Well, this pregnancy, I’m not answering. Okay, […]
Some people may think that I’m crazy for writing a birth plan. But birth is crazy unpredictable, and that makes me panic. Having a plan makes me feel safer even when I know that things may not always go according to plan. A birth plan doesn’t guarantee you the birth experience you want, but it […]
One of the biggest fears that I hear from homeschooling mothers is often that they aren’t qualified to teach certain subjects or they don’t think they can teach something they’re not particularly good at. For most, it’s math or science that gets their nerves on edge. For me it’s homeschooling art. It seems silly, I […]
This post kills me to write. It truly, truly hurts my heart. I, unfortunately, am asked about this often enough that I felt the need to address it in a blog post. Maybe, just maybe, someone will read it and think about it before they ask another mom such a personal and hurtful question. My […]
I get asked this question a lot. When I tell someone that I work from home, and I mention that part of my work at home income is from blogging it falls out of people’s mouths before they can even think. “Can you really work at home blogging?” Obviously, that answer is yes, since I’m […]
