I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I really enjoy the life of a homemaker. I enjoy folding laundry; I find it therapeutic. I look forward to the end of the day, when I can tidy up … Continue reading
The Lost Art of the Homemaker
Tag Archives: Motherhood
Surviving the Transition: How One Working Mom Began Staying at Home
Now that I have several months of being a stay-at-home mom under my belt, I feel like I have the experience to say this: being a mom is hard. It doesn’t matter if you work out of the home, in … Continue reading
Navigating Life with Two: The First Three Months as a Family of Four
Felicity is already three months old. I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that she has already been in our lives for three whole months. I feel like it was just yesterday that we were bringing her home … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Children: The Newborn Phase (Weeks 1-4)
I’m going to be completely honest with you- I was a basket-case with John when he was a newborn. I thought I had it together for about two weeks before I realized that I was only kidding myself. I was … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Pregnancies: The Third Trimester
By the time this blog post goes live, Felicity will most likely already be here, becoming acclimated to life outside the womb in the new home that she shares with her mother, father, and brother. Right now though, I am … Continue reading
The Shift to Staying Home: Saying Goodbye to Being a Working Mother
As we live in the midst of so much change, there is one particular shift in our lives that has been particularly difficult for me. We have moved to Virginia, and now we are just weeks away from welcoming our … Continue reading
An Expanding Heart: How a Mother of One Became a Mother of Two
Since first announcing that I was expecting again, I have had many people ask me, “How did you know you were ready to try again?” My answers vary, and cover the whole spectrum from, “I didn’t,” to “I just knew,” … Continue reading
The End of an Era: How My Time as a Working Mother Came to an End
My ideas regarding motherhood have changed drastically over the years. There were my teenage dreams of my little cherub, surrounded by her (because I had to have a girl) foster brothers and sisters. My future husband and I would have … Continue reading
Wife and Mother First, Youth Minister Second: The Ups and Down of Life as a Married Youth Minister with Children
This past week, I had the opportunity to spend a day at a retreat center in northern Maryland, where I was able to do a little resting and recharging, as well as a lot of reflecting (and about an hour … Continue reading
The Contradictions of Modern Motherhood
I have a confession to make: sometimes I get frustrated with my husband when he cares for our son. Sometimes I get frustrated because he doesn’t do what I want him to do- bottles might go unfilled, laundry might sit … Continue reading
