Category Archives: For the Mamas

{happy mother’s day}

To all the moms and those who long to be moms….Happy Mother’s Day!  To celebrate the occasion, I thought I’d share a few old pictures of me with my mama…. {me & my mama – August 1978 – she doesn’t look like she just had a baby, does she?!} {us at the beach – 1979}...

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shout out to the mamas

I hope all of you moms have had a great day being celebrated! Riley came home from school with this beautiful cake on Friday, and it is GOOD!  What a fun gift! I’m more thankful than ever right now for my family and for the opportunity to raise my three boys.  It’s my first Mother’s...

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{random thoughts on a thursday}

There’s so much going on in our world these days that blogging hasn’t been at the top of my list lately.  I knew you were all probably missing me (ha!), so I thought I’d share some random thoughts on this lovely Thursday….. I spent some time yesterday sorting through donations for my upcoming trip to...

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[still] learning to live in the moment

Does your Starbucks do cup art?  No, I didn’t think so.  Well, mine does . . . specifically Ang does.  And she’s really good at it.  This is definitely my favorite, though.  She didn’t even know she was encouraging me (because I certainly didn’t feel like a “Super Mom” that day).  But it came at...

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encouragement for the mamas

This won’t be news to most people reading this blog, but being a mama is really hard.  Sure, it’s rewarding.  But let’s be honest – it’s hard, too.  Sometimes it’s exhausting physically, and many times there’s an emotional “heaviness” that comes with the territory. I didn’t feel the difficult emotional side as much until my...

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