They say to soak it up. Babies don’t keep. Time is a thief. This is all true. But I am going to be brutally honest with you: I am so happy to leave year one behind. The last twelve months were hard. The lowest postpartum…
After two weeks of sickness, I am slowly but surely getting back to exercising. I have had days on end with no movement goal reached. No rings closing. It’s in times like these I find a lot of comfort in the reminder that fitness apps…
I had a wise friend tell me that one day my kids would come home from school and begin to melt down for no reason at all. The mere suggestion they take their lunchbox out of their book bag would sent them into a tailspin.…
{Encouragement on a Monday morning} A few months ago I upped the amount of weight I use when I workout. It is amazing how much harder the exact same workouts are when the weight you carry is heavier. The workout didn’t change, but the load…
God has been using so many parallels in my daily life to teach me about himself and challenge my personal desire for control in the process. The latest happened today, on the boat, attempting to outrun a giant thunderstorm. There was one key reason I…
Growing up, if you had a hard day or didn’t feel well, you get to take a tub in mom’s bathroom. If the day was a real doozy, she would also bring you hot tea. This is Scout’s first time at “long day school” as…
This blogpost is short and sweet, and honestly, all I hope to do is encourage you. Why? If there’s one thing I have noticed in the last month, it is that many of you are tired. And the days are cold. And yet, the house still…
During the pandemic, I started cutting the kids’ hair at home. I was decent enough to keep at it and it was nice to save that money. Recently, however, I felt a nudge to take them all in for a professional cut. As John Robert…
The biggest battle in the Strickler household as of late (besides bedtime, of course) has been this girl, and me, and getting dressed each morning. Scout turned five, and with that came a desire to wear very specific outfits. She cares deeply about glitter, and…
This past summer, we were on a family beach vacation when the Taliban overtook Afghanistan. I wrote about the tension of it all. Of relishing that time with my family while simultaneously mourning the devastation taking place across the globe. This past week, I dressed…