The hardest job I’ve ever had, no doubt, is being mama to my littles. There have definitely been times that I’ve questioned myself along the way. Am I teaching them enough? Am I teaching them the right things? Do they do enough? Are they over-scheduled? Am I weaving in enough of our heritage for them […] Read more…
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We think we have to choose
We’ve been told time and time again that we can’t have it all. You can’t have the dream job and the man of your dreams. Choose. There’s no way you can be an awesome mom and have a thriving career. Choose. Personally, after my second child, my old employer wondered out loud if I’d be […] Read more…
Losing the Cape – Being real, not perfect
There’s something that happens when kids grow up. Once they get closer to being an adult they start to see their parents as people and lose the glaze of perfection. You realize they are real, not perfect. Was I the only one to go through this? I didn’t see my parents as perfect superheroes growing […] Read more…
10 Questions Every Mama Must Answer
All over social media, I’ve seen everyone say it. 2016 has been a year for the record books. Not in a good way. There have been so many twists and turns this year filled with loss and tragedies. I can’t speak for you but 2016 has been a beast of a year for me. There […] Read more…
Trust me, your mom squad is a must
Let’s be honest. Becoming a mother puts you in a whole new zone. You’re not the carefree lady you once were. There’s a whole other set of responsibilities on your plate now. You don’t go to happy hour every week and most of the time you don’t want to. In your eyes, that happy hour […] Read more…
She’s gone. It’s time to let her go.
Back in 2011, I started my blog Bibs + Baubles. As a new mom it was my outlet. I was shifting into this new phase of life and most of my friends couldn’t relate. They weren’t in that space yet. No one was really that interested in talking about my engorged boobs. Can’t blame them, […] Read more…
3 Things that should be BANNED
My son has this new thing he does. It drives me crazy. When I ask him to do something, his first response is “I can’t”. He doesn’t just say it, he whines it. We’ve been having this discussion about our words and what we speak over ourselves. I’ve banned, “I can’t” with him. He has […] Read more…
The kids always come first, right?
Not too long ago, I was having a conversation with a friend. She was telling me about something that she’d read. It was a post about motherhood. The author was talking about the need to be a selfish mother. At first, I balked. My thoughts went straight here: You can’t be selfish once you have […] Read more…
You are not normal. Deal with it.
There are some things that are all in our minds. They don’t really exist. It’s just something we make up. One of those things is the idea of what is normal. What does it look like? Who decided that it looks a certain way? Many of us work through the list of normal things expected […] Read more…
My Simple Self Care Solutions
I can’t be the only one who didn’t think about the words “self-care” until I became a mom. All of a sudden I was very aware of it and had to have it! LOL Once I realized how far down I’d fallen on my own to do list, It felt selfish to do stuff that […] Read more…
