Help & Encouragement for Busy Moms
I love looking back and remembering how I felt during different stages of this Motherhood journey. I wrote the following post days before Peyton’s first birthday. She was baby number four. Reading this post from my old blog is a great reminder of how quickly time passes. A reminder I needed today, as I sit here rocking baby number 6, who is having a tough day. Rock him, love on him,
In a big family the children often get grouped together for activities or in conversation. In our family we had “the little girls” (Peyton and Emily), and “the big girls” Miriam and Rebekah. Michael often stood alone. We might say, “the big girls are going to bake the muffins” or “why don’t you leave the little girls home while the big kids go to science class.” It is so
Growing up my sister and I fought more than we got along. Looking back I realize that much of our tension had to do with our personality types. I am an introvert while my sister is an extrovert. She craved attention and interaction while I was content to spend my time in solitude. I would have been happy to spend all day alone while she was happy to spend all
Recently Emily had a very cranky morning. I knew she needed a nap but I could not get her to fall asleep no matter what I tried. Finally after an hour of pacing, rocking, nursing, etc I handed her to Miriam and ran to the restroom. The photo above is what I found when I came out. I would never have guessed that babies number 4 and 5 would be the easiest
