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
Learning to cope with the uncertainty inherent in being part of a blended family has prepared me to handle uncertainty in every other aspect of my life, too. In just a few weeks, I will have my last “first day of law school,” and in December, I will graduate, officially becoming Megan Eldredge, JD. After … More One Day at a Time
This was Kevin and I’s first week with just the twins in nearly a month, and… wow. Let me just start off by saying that we love our three older kids immensely, and we miss them the second we get home from dropping them off with their other parents. The invisible weight of only seeing … More Sunday #27
The first time I found out I was pregnant was just a few weeks shy of my twentieth birthday, and a few weeks after that, I’m pretty sure I met an angel. My then-husband and I had only been married for a little over four months, and we certainly hadn’t been expecting me to become … More The Angel in the Bathroom
When I was pregnant, everyone warned me that once the babies were born, I would hate my dog. I heard story after story of burnt-out, exhausted mothers who couldn’t stand the smell of their dog, the sound of their dog licking his paws, the way the dog always seemed to be standing right where she … More A Postpartum Love Letter to My Dog
It was eight o’clock in the morning, and I was on my hands and knees on the floor of my kids’ bathroom, scrubbing the bathtub. I had come into the bathroom simply to put away some of my daughters’ bows, and I had found those bows while cleaning my office downstairs, and I was cleaning … More The Days Are Long, But the Years Are Short
Before my daughter began kindergarten last year — about two weeks beforehand, to be exact — I remember thinking, Oh, crap, is she going to know how to open her favorite Go-Go squeezie applesauces by herself at school?!?! I ended up sitting her down to make sure she knew how to do it on her own … More 10 Ways to Prepare Your Kid for Kindergarten
It’s crazy to think that this summer will mark three years of being in my stepkids’ lives. Although I didn’t “officially” become their stepmom until April of 2025 when I got married, I think even their mom would agree that my step-parenting role began long before that. When my husband and I met, we both … More No, I Don’t Love Each Kid the Same
The last weekend in July, my husband, my oldest daughter, and I all flew to Utah for a quick weekend trip. My parents helped make this trip happen, as they wanted as much family in town as possible for my brother’s wedding on July 25th, and I am super thankful for their help! My husband … More A Quick Trip to Utah Valley
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