Mom of teenagers —-> outnumbered. Y’all- raise your hand if you have ever felt this way or actually feel this way right now 🤚🏼🤚🏼. I absolutely love my military brats but I swear this shirt says it all right here. Like, I need all the colors for every day of the week. Who can make me more ? 😂 How are you getting through it? Do you run away? Scream? Just get that whole entire bottle of wine? I’m so not judging. In fact, let’s do it together 😂👊🏼 You are not alone. Even t

The days are going by so fast. We have been trying to get the girl into all her required medical and dental appointments. This week we need to update her military ID. Before you know it, she will have to leave to go back to school 😞. Having her home will now be bittersweet because we know that she will have to move on to do big girl things. Raising an independent and strong willed child is not an easy thing to do. You want to protect them but you also want to make sure they

She did it. A year ago yesterday, she graduated high school. In a year she survived more than we would have ever expected. She survived the car accident. She survived months of helping me through recovery. She survived missing out on her first semester of college. She also survived her second /first semester with all passing grades. She survived her freshman year in a whole new state by herself. This girl did it and I am so very proud. She is now home for just a few short wee

Raising humans that are just like you is hard. One of the greatest things about being a mom to a 16 year old high school sophomore and 18 year old college freshman is seeing how much they are learning about life. It hasn’t been easy by any means but the conversations that we are able to have now just makes me more proud. They are asking questions. They are learning about life. They struggle. They are stubborn but independent. During the times where I feel like I have failed,