Recently, Facebook memories popped up with a nearly 10-year-old photo of my newly blinged, stunningly beautiful engagement hand.

"You have it a lot worse than I do." You were wrestling with your two children in the parking lot when you saw my three. I know you didn'...

I wasn't born to do this. It's been a few years now and I don't relish the chaos. I don't thrive in it.

I want to tell you that I stopped judging moms once I became one. That I was above mom shaming and once I walked in a mother's tired shoe...

I don't enjoy my children. Not like I wish I could. My daughter was having a dance party while her dad cheered her on. I was holding a bo...

There comes a time in life when affairs, like death, become unavoidable. They are a part of the adult landscape; you just hope the bomb d...

I was burned out last night. My son crawled in my bed and put his arm around me. “Does this feel better?” he whispered. It did. It was th...

It’s our anniversary. And there are no roses. It happened on Valentine’s Day too. I think the special days are hard on purpose. It remind...

He’s lucky to have you. I know people don’t say that often. One diaper change and someone will turn to you and say how lucky you are to h...

My aunt would point out the cellulite on my prepubescent thighs. And I learned what little girls don't need to hear because God would giv...

When I called off my engagement two months before the wedding, very few of my friends asked how I was doing. I would stand in rooms with ...

My husband makes my coffee each morning. • I know it’s small. I know it should seem insignificant in light of all the big things that wil...

When my friend’s dad died unexpectedly she called me, because there is no app for that. I didn’t know what to say. One second her life wa...

I don't know how I ended up here. This was never the vision I had for my life. When I was a child I thought I'd be a doctor or a lawyer. ...

When Plan A is gone, pray harder. We can still kick the crap out of Plan B. When we’re afraid that we might drown, pray harder. When I ha...

It’s not sadness that kills us. It’s the belief that we will ALWAYS be sad. It’s not anxiety that consumes me. It’s when I get anxious th...

Here's the truth about my marriage. Two days ago I wrote about how balanced we are, what great partners we are, and how we compliment eac...

I’m that mom who lays in bed praying to God for the strength to get up. I’m that mom who finds out school is closed right after we get in...

For every counter I wipe there’s a gas tank he fills. For every craft I organize there’s a living room wrestling match he MCs. I make sur...

I walked away from my relationship with my husband once. Of course he wasn’t my husband then, but everything still broke. He said he didn...