It is so hard to believe that this upcoming Monday, we will be at the six month mark with our twin girls… six months! An entire half a year! I know that I have said this before, but I swear it is going by so fast this time around, much faster than it did with … More Half a Year with Our Twin Girls
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!”
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
It’s hard to believe that a week ago, we were somewhere on our journey home from Utah. That truly feels like forever ago! Real life hit hard once we got back, so much so that I didn’t go to work Monday simply so I could do everything that needed to be done. I had to pick up … More Sunday #26: God Is In the Details
I hope they remember the mom that was happy, and not the mom that was at her breaking point. Or at the very least, I hope they remember both. And I hope on those hard nights, those burnt-out afternoons, that I remember the mom that is happy, that I remember that joy is a choice, and that I can find a way to turn up the music and dance through the tears. … More I Hope My Kids Remember the Joy
This weekend, my brother is getting married in Utah, a good 1,700 miles away from our home in North Carolina. My, husband, my oldest daughter, and I fly out the day the twins turn five months old. But the twins will be staying home, spending four nights with a friend, instead. And yes, I’m looking … More I’m Not a Bad Mom for Leaving My Babies
A few days ago, my youngest daughter, Evelyn, fell asleep in my arms as I gently rocked her in the nursery. Her twin sister, Emersyn, was already asleep in her crib. Finally, I thought, now I can put her down and maybe get some stuff done, or just lay down myself. There was a mountain of dishes … More The Everyday Grief of a Twin Mom
To say I’m a minimalist when it comes to parenting would be a wild understatement. I found out I was pregnant for the first time when I was only 19. Between that, and the fact that it was during the pandemic, I learned to get by with very little. And honestly, I just don’t see … More What You Actually Need for Twins: 0-3 Months
It’s been three weeks without social media now. No Facebook, no Instagram, no hours a day doomscrolling. In a way, I feel like I have part of my life back, but at the same time, it’s become clear that social media wasn’t the only problem — the phone is. Now, instead of mindlessly scrolling Instagram, I’ll find … More Sunday #23: God’s Plan Is Greater Than My Potential
The other day, someone asked how old my twins were, and I said almost four months. Not three months and three weeks, and definitely not seventeen weeks — in fact, I just had to pull up my calendar to confirm that that is how many weeks old they are. It’s hard to believe that the … More The Newborn Phase with Twins Isn’t Actually That Bad
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