Tag: parenthood

• Proud Momma

  Modern day motherhood feels rife with judgements and expectations. Every person I meet or book I read seems to have an opinion on every aspect of how children should be raised. With all this noise from society, its easy to fall into a pit of self-doubt around my own mothering. The internal and external judgements…

  Courtney

  May 11, 2018

  Found, Momma

  celebration, children, momma, mother, mother’s day, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, pride, proud

• Moving On

  “It’s like we were holding onto a different phase of life,” my husband mused as he hauled yet another box of our old relics off to Goodwill. “That’s because we were in a different phase of life when we moved into this house,” I responded wistfully. A few weeks ago, we found out we would…

  Courtney

  March 26, 2018

  Home

  adulthood, Change, home, life, memories, move, moving, packing, parenthood, transition

• Let Them Go Outside

  As modern day parents, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of it all. It’s easy to find ourselves stuck inside all day, frantically trying to check off endless tasks on our to-do list while our little ones simultaneously undo our progress. There are days I find myself quickly shuffling from…

  Courtney

  March 2, 2018

  Be Well, Lost, Momma

  adventure, childhood, children, free, learning, life, natural, outdoors, outside, parenthood, parenting, wild, wild child

• A Love Letter to My Friends

  Dear Amazing Friends, I can barely begin to describe the beauty that you bring to my world. When life is busy and the road is winding, each of you provides a beacon of hope and joy. You are the sparks of light along the way that make the journey infinitely more enjoyable. Whether it’s laughter…

  Courtney

  February 23, 2018

  Found

  adulthood, friends, friendship, joy, life, love, love letter, parenthood, relationships

• When Love Is Not Enough

  The room is dark as I quietly creep in and gaze down at my older daughter’s sweet sleeping face, filled with the peace of a deep slumber. I kneel beside her little bed and touch her lips, pursed in a rare moment of silence, as they have been busy all day forming new words. I…

  Courtney

  February 2, 2018

  Found, Momma

  babies, birth, challenges, children, daughter, family, hearing, hearing aids, hearing loss, heart, life, love, momma, motherhood, music, noise, parenthood, resilience, sounds, struggles, wonder

• It Starts With Us

  In the wake of the unsettling and all too common sexual abuse scandal of yet another famous figure, and the #metoo campaign that entailed, we’ve been forced to face the harsh reality that sexual abuse, lack of respect for others’ bodies, and ignorance of physical consent are rampant problems in our society. As the mother…

  Courtney

  January 26, 2018

  Found, Momma

  children, choice, consent, culture, daughters, finding solutions, future, gentle parenting, guiding, life lessons, parenthood, parenting, respect, respectful parenting, sexual assault, society, teaching, voice

• Poppa, The Great

  This guy. In the past 15 months, this guy has surpassed any and all of my wildest dreams and expectations of the father he would be to our daughter. And I am a gal of high expectations. Though I knew in my heart that my husband would be a great dad, in my mind I…

  Courtney

  June 19, 2016

  Found, Momma

  father, father’s day, love, parenthood, poppa

• The Greatest Adventure of All

  Anyone who knows Andrew and I know that we love adventure. The drive to pursue paths that are out of the ordinary seems ingrained in our souls. We seek out experiences that make each day unpredictable and completely unique from the one before. This sense of adventure has taken us from Washington, DC to South…

  Courtney

  August 31, 2014

  Found

  adventure, anniversary, baby, child, family, joy, love, marriage, parenthood, parents