This morning I found myself choked suddenly with tears when “Away in a Manger” began to play on my Pandora Christmas channel. There were many tangled reasons behind those tears.  As I bent over a sink full of dishes and wept this morning, that simple, child-like song seemed to be the connecting point for so […]

A few days ago I wasn’t sure I would be publishing another post…or recording another podcast episode.  As you maybe already know, we lost our little Maximilian on Thanksgiving day. Whom I had carried in my womb for 20 weeks.  Losing a baby at 20 weeks is hard both physically and emotionally. And the week […]

It has been a strange thing, announcing this 5th pregnancy. Of course, I’ve dealt with the shock of many, amazed that we would dare have a 5th.  But I expected this and dealt with my fair share of it when I announced number 4. Nope, the worst of it all I created for myself.  In […]

LISTEN ON ITUNES LISTEN ON ANDROID Hey there! Today’s episode is short and sweet and gets at one of my serious struggle as a mom. It often feels like I am on an endless (and fruitless) quest to make my life at home raising kids just a little bit better.  Maybe if we stayed home […]