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The Noise is the Point
Our house is loud. Not the “someone left the TV on” loud.Life-loud. Footsteps thundering through the kitchen like it’s a racetrack.Questions shouted from entirely different rooms (with zero intention of relocating).Kids narrating every move they make.The oven beeping.Animals chiming in, because obviously there’s baby goats in the house.Multiple conversations stacked on top of each other…
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Throwing Spaghetti at the wall: Parenting Neurodivergent Twins
Let me just start by saying this: parenting is HARD.Like, soul-stretching, patience-testing, what-day-is-it-again hard. Being a mom might honestly be one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had—and I say that with a whole lot of life and work experience behind me. As most of you know, I’ve spent the last 15 years as an…
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Building the Village (Even When It’s Hard)
Everyone talks about “the village,” but not many people talk about how hard it is to build one. Especially as a mom. Because building a village means letting your walls down. It means opening your life to people beyond small talk and surface-level connection. It means inviting others into your home, your routines, your chaos-…
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A different Kind of Christmas
This Christmas looked a little different for us – and honestly, it felt really right. We didn’t skip gifts altogether; there were still toys under the tree, just not all the toys! The ones we chose were intentional- educational, open-ended, and useful. Things that encourage learning, creativity, and imagination instead of just adding to the…
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Let them help *even though it’s slower, messier, and definitely not Pinterest-perfect*
I’ll be honest – letting the boys help in the kitchen is not efficient at all. It’s slower. It’s way messier. Someone ALWAYS touches something they shouldn’t. You prep everything JUST in case…. and then they wander off five minutes later. And somehow – right when you finally start moving at a normal pace –…
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Surgery Update: I Survived, Barely… and My Kids Are Still Alive Too 🎉
So I had surgery last Monday, and we started off strong with… the OR breaking. Yep. The operating room literally said, “Not today, Satan,” and shut down. So we had to relocate hospitals like a medical field trip no one signed up for. Since we had no clue what recovery was going to be like,…
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Surgery Day: An Unexpected Adventure
Whew — what a day. My surgery didn’t exactly go according to plan, and I wanted to share the whole wild update. We arrived right on time at the hospital, fasting since midnight, ready to go. The receptionist looks up and says: “Oh no, I forgot about you…” Wait, what? 😳 Turns out, the dehumidifier…
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The Pre-Surgery Trip That Went Completely Off the Rails (Little Sahara Edition)
If you know me, you know that four-wheeling is one of my happy places. Sand dunes, bumpy trails, the wind in my face — it’s the one thing that makes me forget CRPS for five minutes. But because I’m getting my spinal cord stimulator implanted on Monday (!!!), I’m officially about to enter the“No high-impact activities” chapter of life.No…
Twins Tenders and Teaching 