When my daughter was born, everything changed. It sounds cliche, but the reality was actually quite harsh. I sat there holding this tiny screaming bundle and thought, what have I gotten myself into. In mere minutes I began to question everything about myself and my purpose in life. What was my mission now? What was my…
Preschool at home, oh brave soul! As a former infant and toddler teacher, I thought piecing together a working curriculum would be fun–but I quickly discovered it’s costly and time consuming. While balancing all the spinning elements of work, family and home, the desire to put it all together from scratch dissipated and I began…
So you’re trying to live a simple, minimal life…and then you find out a baby is on the way. Oh my! Babies need a lot of stuff. They really do. But if I could do it all over again, I would be far more intentional about keeping all the things minimal. I thought I was…
At the fragile age of 8, a man tried to define who I was. An object. Disposable. Consumable. Dirty. Shameful and unworthy. To be honest, I don’t even remember exactly when it started or when it ended, but the years in between were the lost years of my childhood. The years I don’t remember very…
My toddler likes to surprise me. One day she’s unable to sit still for two seconds and the next she’s pointing at every object she sees and tries to name it. Wait, what? Okay, so she still can’t sit still most of the time, but I’ve quickly realized that at almost 2.5 years old, she’s…
Parenting with an emphasis on simplicity and minimalist living offers quite a few challenges, especially when it comes to kids’ toys! There are just so many. Everywhere. All the time. It’s enough to give anyone a headache! (Oh wait, is that just me?!) When I was pregnant with Maddie I began to research non-toxic, classic…