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We got a bidet… and it immediately chose violence.
My husband installs it like we just entered our ✨luxury era✨and then gives the boys a full tutorial like he’s hosting a TED Talk. “Keep your legs closed.” Sir… why are we making this sound like a team sport?? Meanwhile I walk in and this toilet has more buttons than my oven. There’s: • a…
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Autism Awareness Month… but this is our every day 🤍
April is Autism Awareness Month… and I am grateful there’s a time where people slow down and notice. But also? We don’t pick this up for 30 days and set it back down. This is our life. Every. Single. Day. It’s the stuff you don’t see— the extra time it takes just to leave the…
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👜✨ Things in My Purse as a Twin Mom (and no… it’s not aesthetic 😂)
If you think I have a cute, minimal, Pinterest purse… Respectfully… no. I pack like I’m preparing for every possible scenario x2 😅 🍿 Snacks… so many snacks Because they won’t want the same thing. Ever. And if I don’t bring snacks… we’re all suffering. • Crackers • Fruit snacks • Protein bars (for me……
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When some people see mess… they see chaos.
They see the mountain of laundry that never seems to end. The sink full of dishes from meals that were eaten too fast or half-finished. The fingerprints on the windows. The crumbs in the van. The muddy shoes kicked off at the door. The sticky hands. The messy faces. The toys that never quite make…
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✨ Another Surgery. Another Reset. ✨
Today I’m heading in for another wrist surgery — reconstruction of my distal ulna/radioulnar joint — and honestly… I don’t even know how many times I’ve said “this will be the one that fixes it.” Each surgery comes with hope. Hope that maybe this time I’ll get my strength back. Hope that maybe this time…
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Plot Twist: It wasn’t Rosa
Ok hang with me – We knew Amy was pregnant. Our 85 pound calm, steady queen of the pasture. But she wasn’t bagged up. She wasn’t nesting. She wasn’t acting like a goat who was about to surprise us. So she stayed in the regular pen. Meanwhile Rosa – our tiny 25 pound drama queen…
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“Ma’am that’s not where those go…”
There’s something about motherhood, injury, and running late that creates the perfect storm for problem solving you never signed up for. The boys and I were on your way to OT when I noticed the tire light pop on. Not the dramatic, pull over immediately your tire is exploding kind of light…. but the annoying…
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Grief Part Two: The Grief No One Prepares You For
There’s a kind of grief we don’t talk about enough—the grief of not being able to have a child. In 2017, I was dealing with pain in my lower back that wasn’t just uncomfortable—it was debilitating. I couldn’t walk without severe pain. I couldn’t function normally. It got so bad that I was using a…
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Grief is So Hard!
Grief is one of those words we use like it means one thing. Like it has one shape. One timeline. One correct way to move through it. But grief is layered. And it shows up in more ways than we talk about. We usually think of grief as death—and yes, that kind of grief deserves…
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Fortify and Present: Building a Life While Staying in it
My words for this year are fortify and present. Not in a “new planner, new personality” kind of way. More like a roll-up-your-sleeves, this is real life kind of way. For a long time, I thought building meant moving faster. Bigger goals. Louder yeses. Clear next steps that looked impressive when explained to other people.…
Twins Tenders and Teaching 