“Today in an auditorium full of parents my son scanned the room looking for me. When he saw me his face lit up the room. He wasn’t looking for the perfect parent. He was looking for his mom. Don’t ever forget the power of simply being their mom.” Rachel Marie Martin Author Rachel Martin, hitting…
Mother's Day
Got It From My Mama
My mom was 25 when she birthed all 9 pounds 10 ounces of me out into the world. When I was 25? Well, I occasionally remembered to clean out the shower drain and set the DVR for The Bachelor… Between me, my brother, and the little boy she watched when we were young, Merm was…
A Merm By Any Other Name
I call my mom “Merm” and we can probably all agree that’s a little weird. You don’t hear a lot of “Merm” out on the playground. But I have my reasons. ONE OF THE BOYS Growing up, we had family friends with a boy my brother’s age and a boy my age. Our parents are…
There Are Three: How Miscarriage Broke My Heart and Gave Me Everything
Three years ago during the week leading up to Mother’s Day there were three reasons that I wanted to hide away from the world. Three reasons that I didn’t want to walk into a store with rows of Mother’s Day cards. Three reasons I couldn’t bring myself to see pictures of mothers with their children…