Hello from the other side. That Adele, she really knows what it feels like. Almost like we’ve been stuck behind a moving wall, pressed up high on our tippy-toes trying to get a glimpse of what life has in store for us on the other side. But sometimes that’s just how it goes – we’re…
Mom Jean Confessions: Raising Good Humans
Last night after we got both kids down to sleep, instead of doing our usual Netflix combo of “1 hour drama + 30 min comedy,” we had a hard discussion. A discussion about our little Cha Cha. You see, we’ve always known she was strong willed, extremely independent, and slightly feral. Three things we agreed…
Mom Jean Confessions: Why Two and a Half is PEAK Terrible Twos
Well it’s official – Cha Cha is in PEAK terrible twos mode. She’s been building up to it for a while now, but she just turned two and a half – and it’s like the game changed over night. I went from being down by 10 at the half, to trailing by 50 with 2…
Mom Jean Confessions: Happy YOU Year
The last few months of the year were like a blur for us. Between work, holidays, birthdays, and kid’s school activities out the wazoo – it honestly felt like a nonstop merry-go-round that left us all a bit dizzy at the end. The hubs and I finally sat down on the couch New Year’s Day,…
Mom Jean Confessions: Why I’m Proud To Have A Strong Willed Child
It’s been nearly a year since I wrote about this topic, and my how things have changed. If we thought Cha Cha was strong willed before, then we absolutely, without a doubt, and whole heartedly know this to be true now. But here’s the thing. At what point did “strong-willed” become synonymous with “bad-behaved,” or…
Mom Jean Confessions: Dear Younger Self, Be Grateful
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine shared a meme in her Facebook group & it’s stuck with me ever since. I scrolled past it at first, until literally the next post on my feed was an article shared by my sister-in-law. All I had to do was read the title “Neuroscience Reveals…
Mom Jean Confessions: This Morning I Watched You
This morning I watched you. I watched you sleepily raised your arms up at me in the dark of our room. I watched you lay your head down on my shoulder as I carried you down the hall. I watched you bat your eyelashes at the sunlight peaking through your window.
Mom Jean Confessions: All or Nothing
Why is it that when life hits us with change – we all of the sudden put these unrealistic expectations on ourselves. Be the perfect wife. Be the perfect mom. Be the perfect employee. When did life become so “all or nothing?” Forcing us to believe that unless we master everything we do, it’s not…
Mom Jean Confessions: Laissez Le Bon Temps Rouler
This past weekend we celebrated “Family Gras” with the kids, which is the more family-centric Mardi Gras aka minus all the booze and boobs ? My mom now lives in Galveston, right off the seawall, where all the Mardi Gras parades kick off. So I took Garrett and Charlotte down there on Friday, where we…
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