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When you realize you won’t have the experience of raising a child of the opposite gender, it takes a while to wrap your head around it.
1. Talk to the camera. This will feel terribly awkward at first.
“Don’t ever lose touch with your girlfriends, sweetheart. The older you get, the more you’ll need them,” she said.
Snuggle them and hold on tight knowing that this tiresome day will be your beautiful, cherished memory tomorrow.
1. Be a good listener, not the pregnancy guru
Why carving some time out of family time and using it for yourself is a great idea. ?
We can teach our children that peace builds bridges—bridges that can carry us over in times of trouble. ✌️️
The truth is, I stay up late because I want to be alone.
Thank you for loving the most imperfect me, I am so very much better because of you.
Hearing “Thank you, Mommy, for only taking me today. I love being alone with you” is like music to our ears. ?
Wardrobe staples to dress your growing bump during the colder months.
My body, my belly, is the first woman’s body my daughter has ever seen.
Why are some of us so afraid to be stay-at-home moms?
We can only be the parents we want to be if we learn how to parent ourselves.
A mom should behave in ways that remind her she is more than “just a mom.”
Kids, especially very young kids, are like tiny little hoarders.
I decided to surrender that which does not serve me so that I have sufficient time and space for that which does.
I’m so glad I held you that day.
I am more forgiving. I distinctly remember having a hard time forgiving before having children.
I try to remember that this how the dance goes for now. And I try to let it wrap me up in its rhythm. ?
