• Adventures in Motherhood,  Army Wife

    Bleeding Out

    Yesterday was a bloodbath. The kind of day that leaves you feeling like you’re bleeding out in the trenches. The kind of day where you don’t have any more to give and you can’t catch a break. I felt like I started the day with no energy and no resources and yet my family kept demanding more of me. It’s been a rough week. My husband has been at work a lot, which most of the time is harder than when he’s gone entirely, because I have to take care of the kids and everything else and I have just gotten the kids to bed and got everything cleaned up…

  • Adventures in Motherhood

    What I Have Learned by Saying “No” to Everything

    Never in a million years did I ever think I would be the mom who stays home all day, every day. With her children. On purpose. Honestly, even before I had kids, the thought of being a stay-at-home mom scared the crap out of me. After Samuel was born, I didn’t go back to work, but I worked as a volunteer 20+ hours a week and just brought him with me wherever we went. He was (and still is) a pretty chill kid, so he went with me to meetings and events and I did my office work during nap time or after he went to bed. We were always…