Dirty Toes and Mommy Prose
Midnight musings of a first time mom.
Tag: writing
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…
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…
I will never…and now I do: Mother Edition
Prior to having kids, you look at other parents and you may scoff. You roll your eyes at the disarrayed hair and makeup, the sweat pants. You say to yourself, “I will NEVER be one of THOSE parents”. I like so many women before…
Lonely as a Mother
Loneliness. That’s what I feel as I sit here alone in my daughters room. We just spent almost two hours working together to get her to sleep in her crib. I find it so disheartening how our sleep is right now. Just a few…
Simply Simple
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. -Isaac Newton The other day I was sitting in my front yard with my daughter. She was playing in our water table, our two dogs were tied up to the tree we were seeking…
Scared as a Mother
I shared this on my Instagram a few weeks back. I was thinking about this day again this evening and felt called to share it on my blog as well. My prayer is that someone will see this and it will be the sign…
