Tag: children

Stop Caring

Hold on. Please keep reading. I want you to stop caring so that you can show more love. Wait, what? Youโ€™re not making sense Elizabeth. Stay with me please. Stop caring about what others think of you. Iโ€™m not perfect. I still care too much about what others think of me. Think of my cookies.

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I am a person too.

Well of course you’re a person – no one doubted that. However, doesn’t it feel like some days you’re not your own person? Your title of mom seems to edge out your own name and, in the mix, you almost forget that you’re an individual with needs that need to be met too. I’ve been

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Room at the Table

This may come off as a brain dump or random rambling. It might come off as venting. If it does, that’s because it is. The delicate balance of managing what you need to do, what you should do, and what you want to do is difficult. However, somehow, you make the choice of what to

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I See You

A pile of clean laundry sits in my laundry room, the loads need to be switched. I’ve collected several empty laundry detergents that need to be rinsed and dropped off to recycling – I put it on my to do list weeks ago. I need to unload the dish washer and reload it with the

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