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Most days I feel like I’m walking in circles.  Take a dish out, put it away.  Send the kids outside, usher them back in.  Wipe a nose, wipe another.  Make a bed, tuck a kid in.  Read a book, read it again.  Take out a puzzle, put it away.  Make a meal, beg the kids […]

Motherhood

February 25, 2016

Life with Kids: Living in the Mess

Lately, I’m been pondering how exactly one recharges as a mom.  When our tanks are empty, how are they filled?  When we have reached the end of our rope with the kids and the house and ourselves, how do we find the peace and strength to grab hold and try again? I’ve been pondering for myself […]

Motherhood

February 24, 2016

To the Mom Who’s Feeling Burnout

Hello and happy Tuesday! I have a fun little project to share with you today that is 100% reader-inspired: A Free First Holy Communion Cross Stitch Pattern.  It’s simple, it’s small and, in my opinion, quite cute.  So, if you have a little one in your life making their First Holy Communion this year, use this pattern to stitch up […]

Adult Projects, embroidery, Faith, kids crafts

February 22, 2016

Free First Holy Communion Cross Stitch Patterns

Moving is the worst whether single, married, with kids or without.  No one likes moving–at least not sane people. It’s one of those things we all just live through and do when we have to.  My little family recently relocated from Minneapolis to Kansas City.  The weather here is amazing and the people we’ve met so […]

Motherhood

February 17, 2016

The Humbling Experience of Moving