by Autumn | Feb 1, 2023 | Motherhood
To my children: When you were born, so was I. Never had I been a mother of a daughter, then a mother of a son, and then a mother of three. In every moment since you’ve been here, I’ve been learning. Life sort of takes on a gravity that surpasses what exists in our... 
by Lindsay | Nov 12, 2022 | Growth and Self Care, Motherhood
A while back, my husband let me know that he was going to take our kids to my parents’ beach house for the weekend so I could have a break. I can’t actually remember a time when I had the whole house to myself for an entire weekend, so of course I felt giddy at the... 
by Lindsay | Oct 15, 2022 | Growth and Self Care, Motherhood
On a podcast I listened to recently, a woman was sharing some of her parenting regrets. She lamented about how she had ‘handed’ God to her girls rather than allowing them space to explore God on their own terms. I thought that’s what I should have done,... 
by Lindsay | Sep 20, 2022 | Motherhood
It is mid-September and you lay in bed and try your best to fight back tears. Just go to sleep. Your mind is a busy factory pumping out unwanted thoughts at a frantic pace. You think about how only two people came to your daughter’s birthday party, how composed... 
by Lindsay | Apr 22, 2022 | Growth and Self Care, Lifestyle, Marriage, Motherhood
Imagine a world where a girl grows up hearing about sex and her body in an open and loving way. As she develops, she is provided with a wealth of books and resources on her anatomy and inner workings. She feels proud when she starts her period and is given a... 
by Autumn | Apr 15, 2022 | Motherhood
Dear Reader I just want to sit down with you and talk. Lately, my daughter has been working through an exercise in self-trust. It involves boundaries and privacy and Being honest about needing space. It involves learning to honor oneself before the image other’s hold... 
by Autumn | Mar 23, 2022 | Motherhood
This week, I’ve been giving my alarm clock the metaphorical middle finger. I am under the weather, and so are my kids, and it’s spring break. Last week was the first week of daylight savings, and after 7 days of feeling extraordinarily exhausted, my body succumbed to... 
by Lindsay | Mar 18, 2022 | Growth and Self Care, Motherhood
This morning my coworker walked into our shared classroom and instead of greeting me with her usual bubbly “Hey Lindsay!” she looked forlorn and sad. I asked her what was wrong and she replied: “I don’t really know, but I can’t stop... 
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