Navigating motherhood, together

Summer with kids is such a weird mix of magic and complete chaos.

4 Things I’m Prioritizing This Summer as a Mom

I love summer with my boys, but I also think social media sometimes makes moms feel like we need to turn every day into a magical childhood experience.

Every summer I start feeling this pressure to make everything magical for my boys.

This week, I posted my 100th piece of content. It is not a huge follower milestone or some massive viral moment, but it still feels important to me. I bought a cupcake and candles that said “100” because I wanted to celebrate something that is easy to overlook: consistency.

Lately, there’s been a feeling I haven’t been able to ignore.

I saw this reel the other day where a woman asked people how old they thought she was. Most people said early 40s. She’s 28.

When you become a mom, people recommend a lot of products. Some are helpful for a little while, some end up forgotten in a closet, and a few become things you reach for almost every single day.

I hear women say they miss who they were before they had kids, and I understand that feeling more than I used to.

Pink bows. Twirling dresses. A little “mini me.”

Just a reminder: you don’t have to be that mom.

This weekend, I got sick.

There’s a version of motherhood that doesn’t really make it online.

I fell in love with my husband when we were young, before life had really asked much of us. Before babies. Before responsibility. Before our bodies, dreams, and identities began to shift in ways we couldn’t have imagined back then.

Come find out the 10 things no one told me about raising boys and add your own below!

Let me start by saying this: I’m not here to convince you that stuff will fix motherhood.

Lately I keep seeing posts about stay at home moms and how their husbands “made it happen.” And while I truly believe staying home is meaningful, valuable work, I also want to talk about the message that often comes along with it.

Somehow, every January, routines get marketed like they’re supposed to fix everything.

Life with boys is loud, chaotic, and dare I say...amazing too! As a four time boy mom, I've learned a lot about boy mom life! Here's my list of must haves for boy moms. 

I keep hearing this phrase lately.

January has a funny way of making us feel like we’re already behind.

If you’ve ever tried to get your child to tell you anything about their day and ended up with one word answers, you’re not alone. So many parents (me included!) have been stuck in the “Good. School. Nothing.” conversation loop.