by Jennifer | Aug 10, 2020 | 5 Minute Blogging, Pregnancy and Childbirth
I was thinking last night. Thinking is dangerous, especially when you’re supposed to be drifting off to sleep, but sometimes you just can’t stop your brain. Anyway, I was thinking how lucky I was to get to experience “actual” labor with Tank. With Little...
by Jennifer | May 11, 2020 | 5 Minute Blogging, Parenthood
I’ve thought about this a lot since becoming a mom. I want to be more than my sons’ mother. No, it’s not dissatisfaction with my life. Quite the opposite: I want to take the deep love I feel from being my sons’ mother and share it with the...
by Jennifer | Apr 13, 2020 | 5 Minute Blogging, Health
I’ve been wanting to write again, but I’ve been stuck. Today I felt slightly unstuck so I Googled and found 30 Journal Prompts To Write About During Social Distancing. It seemed like a good place to start, so here we are. Day 1: What is something kind I...
by Jennifer | Feb 18, 2020 | 5 Minute Blogging, Parenthood, Toddlerhood, Working Mommy
“I’m going to take Little Dude for a breakfast date tomorrow before daycare, if he stops being an a***” I told my husband. Don’t get me wrong, I love my Little Dude. But three’s rough, man, and when he wakes up with personal storm cloud...
by Jennifer | Oct 21, 2019 | 5 Minute Blogging, Parenthood, Working Mommy
When we get our next round of family photos taken, I’m asking the photographer to do something different: take a picture of me. Yes, it sounds so simple, but it hasn’t been done. And it’s been bothering me. I recently started a new job. (Side not: That seems to be a...
by Jennifer | Oct 10, 2019 | 5 Minute Blogging, Parenthood, Pregnancy and Childbirth
Dear Everyone. Yes – everyone, There are likely hundreds of articles and blog posts discussing what I’m about to say. Yet it doesn’t seem to be sinking in yet, so here’s another version to ponder. Stop – just stop – asking the next mom you see if she...
