I remember sitting on the floor, legs crossed watching our babies play. We were all so tired, so in love with these babies, trying so hard to figure out these lives we were now in that we couldn’t have dreamed of a year ago. We were moms. And we were figuring it out together. As…
Parenting teenagers is a joy beyond measure and also the hands-down hardest thing I have ever done in my life. It’s the kind of hard that twists your heart and squeezes out every drop of love and patience you have in you . I thought having been a teenager myself this gig would be no…
The ghosts of my littles shopped with me today at Target. They were somehow there at every turn. I wandered the aisles and all at once the princess dresses brought me to tears. Because the spirits of my little girls were dancing around my legs begging for all the things in lispy voices, their hair…
When my kids were little I scoured the interwebs for cute name labels to label all of the things. And on top of that, we had so many matching things…double Webkinz (who remembers these?), matching Nerf Guns, not to mention when back to school hit and we somehow needed to write names on roughly a…
Last night at the end of graduation, as kids were preparing to move their tassels and toss up their hats, the principal announced each student had a white envelope in with their diplomas. In that envelope was a handwritten note from one of their teachers. Each teacher had taken the time to make sure every…
Today I am tired. And I started moving all my apps around on my phone but got tired of doing that partway through and now I keep trying to open Audible but instead, I open the Dunkin app which is now located where the Audible app used to live so my brain keeps getting excited…
Reading during the pandemic was just hard for me. Having the time and quiet and concentration was tricky and my brain just didn’t want to take in actual words and books most days. There is actual brain research that supports that this is a thing and you may be feeling it too. No worries, I…
I tell my kids all the time that I don’t care how they do in life as long as they try their best. But you know what, that’s the absolute wrong thing to say right now. Sometimes trying your best is just too tall an order. I, for one, currently do not have a drop…
Dear God, today I am coming in hot. I’m wondering…how about just smiting my enemies? Even a little smite would be satisfying. I’m tired of people being mean and uninformed and crazy and all the things I clearly NEVER AM. I would like the person in the comment section of Facebook who just cannot even…
When your kids are little and you are in the middle of all the things you think it is going to be your life forever. This is just how you live now. You will always, always, always be caring for and serving these small people in a way that makes your body so weary and…
Amy Betters-Midtvedt
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