On one of my favorite chick flicks, You’ve Got Mail, at one point Tom Hanks’s character asks, “Do you ever feel you become the worst version of yourself?” Oh, boy, Joe, do I ever. I am exhausted much of the time. I am pregnant quite a bit, too. Even on a good day, my brain has four separate threads dedicated…
Year: 2012
The Mom I Want to Be
When I read this on Raising Arrows this morning, I thought it was a really good, thoughtful idea. So, here’s the mom I want to be: I want to teach the things that are essential. I want my children to be equipped as saints. Period. Part of this incorporates many things that may at first seem unrelated (like, say, math),…