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2021 Word of the Year: Grace
Written: January 12, 2021 My 2020 word of the year was faith and it was remarkable how fitting that word was for the year. We took huge leaps of faith on where we live, where we work, with our finances and with Hannah’s daycare situation. Being the planner that I am, it was only early summer of 2020 when I thought ‘I wonder what 2021’s word will be.’ And to my surprise, it was almost an instant ‘Grace.’ Then about a month later, I bought a new journal to write in that said Faith on it. It came with two other journals; one that said “Grace” and one that said…
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2020 Year in Review
Written December 30, 2020 When I first thought about this post, I was going to write a little about 2020, then focus on 2021. Because who isn’t ready for a new year after this one. I feel like that would be a great disservice to myself and anyone reading this, though. As much as none of us want to relive 2020, we should all take some time to reflect on this year and what we learned. I’ll do another post with some optimism for 2021 soon J So first, I’m going to reflect on my memorable events and general thoughts of this year. I started the year working full-time, then…
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Rock Star Mom: I better blog before this feeling goes away
Written July 20, 2020 Hannah will be two next week and today was the first time I not only thought I did a good job with being a mom, but I felt confident in it. It was not anything specific I did. I actually just felt I was doing well. I thought ‘this little girl is as lucky to have me as I am to have her’. This is a big deal to me because I did not have any foundation to build off of when I had her. I had not babysat or been around kids very much at all. I know I will not feel like this every…
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Happy Mother’s Day
Written May 8, 2020 This Sunday is Mother’s Day and of course we still have a stay at home order in Ohio (I think it’s a safe at home order now, but you get the idea). This year will be quite a bit different for most moms. I would think with Mother’s Day on May 10th and retail opening May 12th, the retail opening could have been moved up for all the moms who love to shop. But I don’t make the rules. Options are still pretty limited on what to do, but I am excited to celebrate with my little family. Becoming a mother has been the hardest, but…
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The First Year of Motherhood: The New Definition of Alone Time
Written July 15, 2019 You can’t really fully prepare for motherhood the way you can prepare for a lot of things. You can buy items to help and you can hear all of the advice (both solicited and unsolicited). You can even think you understand certain things such as knowing you’ll hardly get any sleep or you’ll be responsible for a kid 24/7. I was one of the people who didn’t claim to know anything going in. I knew I was pretty much going in blind. I prepared what I could, but I knew I couldn’t actually know what it was going to be like which is why it was…
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First Year of Motherhood: Returning to Work at 6 months
Written June 7, 2019 I’ve been back to work for over 4 months after maternity leave and while it feels more normal than it did, it’s been an absolute whirlwind. I feel like now is a good time to reflect back on what all has happened and why I may be scatterbrained at times J I returned back to work when Hannah was exactly 6 months old. It is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. You go from seeing the kid that has become your world 24/7 to being gone over 45 hours a week if you work full time. We got a more gradual…
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First Year of Motherhood: Today I Put Dawn on my Toothbrush
Written: May 18, 2019 There is nothing quite like a title about putting Dawn on your toothbrush to grab an audience’s attention. But guys, I really did this K In my sleep deprived state, I put Dawn on my toothbrush. Why is Dawn even near my toothbrush you ask? Oh because when my daughter was a newborn, we thought we had to wash her pacifier anytime it touched the ground so we had Dawn upstairs in case it happened at night. I wish I had just put Dawn on my toothbrush, realized it and laughed. NOPE. I put the toothbrush in my mouth. I don’t know what obscenities I…
