Life With Kids

Post Vacation Thoughts

Post Vacation Thoughts

I read something while we were away that really resonated with me. It really was the perfect time to come across this quote. 

*It was that the hard and the happy coexist. We crave closeness to, and space from our little ones. We feel sheer exhaustion and fulfilment simultaneously. *

You don’t get one without the other. 

My Mom Truth- Where I Struggle Most

My Mom Truth- Where I Struggle Most

The hardest part about parenting (for me, right now) is keeping my patience in check. I know that toddler brains are far from developed, that what is reasonable to us, isn’t to them. That repeating myself is never going to get the outcome I desire. That raising my voice to get them to listen not only doesn’t work, but leaves me with the heaviest amount of guilt.