Oh, Motherhood, how I had grand plans for you! I just KNEW I had you all figured out and would be a mother for the history books once I was finally blessed with children. I had it all planned. I would lovingly discipline my children and we would spend long hours learning and laughing through…
Depression. It can be a silent struggle, one masked by fake smiles and happy Facebook posts. It can be a dangerous, life-altering battle. It is real and should not be ignored. Right now, depression is an unwelcome guest in my family as my sister fights this demon every day. Younger than me by 9 years,…
It came out of the blue recently and slipped into my life like an unwelcome guest. It engulfed me with fear of the future, fed me lies about my children’s behavior and paralyzed my fingers from sharing my heart with the world. The culprit? Anxiety.
I hail from the land of the cheese and home of the Packers, none other than the sometimes frozen tundra of Wisconsin, where cows graze and hope to find a speck of hay not frozen solid. With those frigid temperatures, I developed a deep respect for our furnace at a young age as we…
You’ve been wronged and are more than hurt. Your spirit is crushed, you are seeing red and even feel like your blood is boiling. You want to scream, maybe you even do. You want to lash out, want to make the offender suffer in a way that is torturous so that they will feel regret…
On August 28, 2013, I stared my greatest fear in the face when the word Autism was used to describe my daughter for the first time. Our lives changed forever with that one word, and in that moment, I knew that nothing would ever be the same. I had a sinking feeling that the…
Meet Hubs Considering we met and married within a year, he MUST be amazing! Not only is he still my Prince Charming after a decade of marital bliss (or something like that), but he is one of the most diligent people I have ever met. Working full time to bring home the majority of…