*This is a paid sponsorship with Luuf but all opinions are my own. We here at Life of Mom are firm believers that amidst all of the recent madness, instead of just “staying at home,” we would be aiming for super comfortable at home. So, when Luuf brand beds reached out to us for a …
1. Let go of expectations.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀The thought of having an extended period of time at home may have some of us pulled in the direction of productivity. I’m sure we can all think of projects we want to accomplish around the house, hobbies we want to reconnect with and new things we’d like to learn. Whatever …
Took a few months off social media for some personal reasons…but as Olaf would say, “all good things, all good things!” And as it turns out not just good things…some serious life-changing stuff went down for this old broad I want to give a massive shoutout to my girl Amy B. Chesler who has been running Life …
This photo was taken of my mom after she had just given birth to her 12th child at home! And you see that little bundle of joy in this 40 year old Polaroid picture…that’s me! People made a lot of assumptions when it came to my mom, the “mother of 12 kids”… most of which …
After catching a glimpse of myself this morning in the mirror, apparently my curly hair is making a comeback for the first time since having kids…And I’m not mad about it. Now these curls take on a slightly different shape than those epic ringlets I rocked in the 90s and early 2000s. (see photo) But …
She arrived after one of the most devastating times in my life… She arrived 16 months after the loss of my stillborn son. Even with the healthiest pregnancy, the emotional state of an expecting mom after she’s suffered a loss is often consumed with anxiety, fear and doubt. During the first half of my pregnancy, …
How do you fill up that pocket of time in between Christmas and New Years and the kids returning to school?! For me, it’s mostly filled with cuddling. A whole lotta cuddling. The kids are busy playing with their new toys and activities from Santa, the house is a mess, the laundry completely backed up …
What is your grown up Christmas wish?As a kid, there was no greater feeling on Christmas morning than running into a room full of presents with your name on it. Putting my kids to bed tonight, I felt that same thrill and anticipation fester out of every bone of their body.Now that I’m a mom, …
Buy one of these babies unassembled and attempt to build it on Christmas Eve eve…this time last year, 4 hrs later Life of Dad and I were hanging on by a string (or a screw in this case). Not sure what’s more of a Christmas miracle… the fact that our marriage survived this 8000 step manual OR …
This is a sponsored post by Crane USA. #1: Humidifiers. There are a ton of health benefits to using a humidifier: reducing the circulation of the flu by filtering the air, reducing snoring, and keeping a cough moist and productive. It’s the best defense and offense against those nasty germs. And now Crane has designed …
