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Wordless Wednesday: April 1, 2026
“Pools for the boys. I’m here for the burger, the gossip, and the grace.” What’s your plans for the evening? Thank you, Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
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Easter Gift Guide 2026: Comfort, Renewal & Real-Life Blessings
I????Disclosure: I received the Lullapod Max Nursery Recliner for review. This post contains affiliate links. Easter isn’t just about baskets and bunnies — it’s about renewal. It’s about quiet mornings, soft light, and finding peace in the middle of chaos. It’s the 5 minutes moms can grab between the millions of things she needs to do. And this year, that peace came in the form of a chair. Not a nursery chair. Not a baby rocker. A grown-woman, grandma-in-waiting, church-nursery-volunteer, work-from-home, teacher-approved, comfort-first chair: the Lullapod Max Nursery Recliner by Mamazing. I must admit I didn’t expect a chair to become part of my Easter rhythm, but here we are.…
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The Steps I Didn’t Take, the Work I Still Have, and the Weight of Tomorrow
Eight o’clock rolls around and the house finally starts to sound like it’s winding down, but my brain hasn’t gotten the memo. I look at my Fitbit like it personally betrayed me, because somehow it still says zero steps. Zero. As if I haven’t walked this house from one end to the other all day long. Up and down the stairs multiple times to check on C and to get to my office. As if I haven’t bent, lifted, cleaned, reached, stretched, and hustled. As if motherhood doesn’t count as movement unless it happens on a treadmill. I tap it like that’s going to change anything. It doesn’t. It just…



