Tag: help

• What Parents (and Kids) Really Need this Holiday Season

  

  The store was crowded and hot and we’d been in there far too long. Perched in the shopping cart, my three-year old began yawning, a sure sign his nap time window was passing me by and we were living on borrowed time. Meanwhile, my six-year-old dutifully pushed the cart while I strode through aisles, looking…

  Courtney

  December 15, 2023

  Found, Momma

  children, Christmas, christmas gift, compassion, emotional regulation, emotions, gift guide, gifts, help, holidays, kindness, mother, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, shopping, support

• Broken Kitchen Cabinets

  The day started with a cold and dark awakening. Eyes open before the sun even began to peak over the horizon. I was squeezed in bed between two tiny bodies with a chorus of echoing cries; my children’s needs already pressing in on me from both sides. As I dragged myself out of bed and…

  Courtney

  December 8, 2017

  Be Well, Found, Momma

  breaking, broken, dark, darkness, difficult, fixed, grace, hardship, healing, help, hope, learning, motherhood, neediness, needs, Winter