Dirty Toes and Mommy Prose
Midnight musings of a first time mom.
Category: Motherhood Musings
Falling Through Seasons of Life
I took a walk at Mill Creek Park the other day while I had a brief minute before I needed to be at a client’s home nearby. As I was walking down the trail, I stopped to pick up a big yellow leaf. My…
To My Daughter on National Daughters Day
It’s National Daughters Day (apparently). I can’t help but reflect on what it means to be a mother to a daughter. What an incredible journey these past 17 months have been. I have felt the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Usually…
5 Moments We Should Share with Expectant Mothers
I’ve noticed a trend over the past few years. I’m not sure how long it has been going on because I paid it no attention until my husband I decided it was time to start trying for our first child. It was as if…
Motherhood: Learning to Let Go
Raise your hand if you are a total Type A. Come join me friends! Let’s dive into our crazy together. One piece of advice I was given before having my daughter that I knew would be true, but still decided to fight anyway: Let…
Flying with a Toddler: Five Tips for Mom
Yesterday I posted about tips to help make travel easier for your babe. But, what about Mom!? Here are five things that I’ve learned from trial and error the few times I’ve flown with my daughter alone. Yoga pants are a curse. Listen. Chances…
Five Tips for Flying with a Toddler
Tomorrow Adaline and I are headed to Texas to visit my husband. We will be taking about a 3 hour direct flight. Oh boy. Let me tell you my anxiety is already as high as the plane about it. This will be the second…
Slowing Down Childhood
Nothing makes the days stretch on and months fly by more so than being a mother. Some days seem endless. Yet somehow, you shut your eyes one night and the next day you wake up and another season has passed. Before I was a…
