When I was four months postpartum, I opened up about some of the things that I was having a hard time with. I think a part of me thought that maybe by writing out my feelings, and sharing them with the world, that I would feel better. It didn’t really work, though, so I’m gonna … More What I’m Struggling with Six Months Postpartum
My husband and I welcomed our twin girls into our family on February 23rd, 2026. And then, we were officially a family of seven… I think. See, it’s a little more complicated when you’re a blended family. I’ve written numerous times about how tricky it can be to be a stepmom (read here, here, here, … More And Then There Were Seven…
School is out (for the kids, not for me — law school is eternal), the sun is shining, and summer is here. With the arrival of the Devil’s armpit to North Carolina comes the seemingly endless invites to barbecues, park play dates, pool parties, and birthday bashes. And I have declined almost all of them. I … More Why I Can’t “Just Bring the Twins!”
Several months ago, I had an idea: What if my husband and I took all five kids and the dog camping? My husband and I took just our puppy camping last summer. I had found out that I was pregnant only one day beforehand, and we spent the whole weekend excitedly planning and daydreaming our … More Our First Campout with Five Kids
By all accounts, today marks the end of our last week of the summer. Although my daughter’s first day of school was on Monday, we pulled her out of school on Friday and snuck away for a quick family adventure. But that was our final hoorah of the season, and the rest of our kids … More Sunday #28: “I Keep Losing Jesus!”
This August 29th will mark four years since I’ve met my husband! In those four years, we’ve fallen in love, gotten engaged and married, blended our families, moved several times, adopted a puppy, and welcomed twins into our family. It’s been busy, to say the least! I have written previously about how we fell in … More Before the First Date
When I was pregnant, there were a lot of baby milestones I was looking forward to, and even some I wasn’t. I daydreamed about what baby’s first smiles would look like, what I would have to do to get her to laugh, and prayed that she would be sleeping through the night by four months. … More 4 Baby Milestones That Made Me Cry
For several years now, I have wished that I was thirty years old. I found out I was pregnant when I was only nineteen. I had been married for approximately four months, to someone I had only started dating two months before that. I’m sure it’s a shocker to absolutely no one that teenagers don’t … More How Motherhood Has Aged Me
If I could pick one day of my life to relive, I would hands-down pick my wedding day. I asked my husband the same question, without telling him my answer, and yet, his answer was the same: he would choose to relive our wedding day. We knew from very early on in our relationship that … More The Beginning of Forever
My marriage is forever changed now that my husband and I have twins. Before we found out we were expecting last June, we only had kids every other week as a result of our custody arrangement with our previous spouses. We really struggled with missing our kids on the off weeks, but filled the space … More Love in the Aftermath
Step by Step Parenting 