by Bex | Jan 20, 2019 | Mommyhood
My three year old is really into playing “salon” and “boutique” right now. This typically entails me pretending to be a customer, several times, while she does my hair or tries to sell me toys from her table-top store. This gets repeated over...
by Bex | Jan 18, 2019 | Mommyhood
Being a mama is not my favorite job. It’s a job that I dread every single day. The work is hard, the hours are long, and being mindful and intentional with my kids when I feel this way is the most draining thing I’ve ever done. But I know it won’t...
by Bex | Jan 11, 2019 | Mommyhood
Right now, I’m sitting on my bed using my daughter’s ice cream cone pillow as a desk. My messy bun is about two loose bobby pins away from falling out, and my three-year-old is drooling on my tingling arm. This week has not been the best… in fact,...
by Bex | Jan 7, 2019 | Mommyhood
Every mama has a different story. Our journeys into motherhood vary, as do the struggles, challenges, and emotions that come with the job. Each and every one of us are entitled to feel ALL the feels, as deep as they come, embracing them and growing from them along the...
by Bex | Jan 5, 2019 | Mommyhood
From the day I brought Olivia (my oldest) home from the hospital, I would sing to her every night until she’d fall asleep. Sounds sweet and dreamy, right? Well it didn’t start off that way. I remember holding her for the first time at home in the rocking...
by Bex | Dec 31, 2018 | Mommyhood
Liv and Eve, I write this letter to you on the day that ends another year you won’t remember. Liv, you turned three in September. I never imagined that you’d grow so fast in the few months that followed your third birthday. You started preschool and...
by Bex | Sep 17, 2018 | Mommyhood
What does it mean to be a “good” mom anyway? I think it depends on each individual – each circumstance and situation. That makes the most sense, right? Though, society beats this idea into our brains that somehow, magically, we are ALL...
by Bex | Sep 16, 2018 | Mommyhood, Self-Discovery, Self-Improvement
WRITTEN BY LILY UGBAJA Who is a mother? What is her purpose, her higher calling? I thought I had all the answers 3 years ago until suddenly I didn’t. We were on our way back home from church that sunny Sunday afternoon when my 2 year old threw a major tantrum. It was...
by Bex | Sep 7, 2018 | Mommyhood, Self-Discovery
WRITTEN BY JENNIFER MILLER It’s funny how fast life goes when you have kids. The day to day can get overwhelming, but we make it through some how, don’t we? The sleepless nights, teething, terrible twos, and the endless diapers will come to an end. Then we are...
by Bex | Aug 20, 2018 | Ask Angelica, Mommyhood
Q: “My husband and I want to spend more time together after the kids are in bed, but we’re both so tired and unmotivated that we end up just zoning out in front of the tv. Do you have any ideas on what we can do with our time to better connect with each other?” –...
by Bex | Aug 8, 2018 | Ask Angelica, Mommyhood
Q: I am a work from home mama with a toddler. I was wondering how working from home while he plays by himself might affect him emotionally? – Anonymous, Texas. Angelica: This is a great question and something I can imagine many work-from-home mothers are...
by Bex | Aug 7, 2018 | Mommyhood
Do you remember your first bra? I was eleven, and according to my mother, more emotionally ready than physically. My sisters and friends were all wearing bras, and I felt self-conscious and left out. My mom took me, WITHOUT my sisters (which was very rare and quite...
by Bex | Jul 26, 2018 | Mommyhood
On more days than I care to admit, I wake up feeling a little less than enthusiastic. My kids are little, which means that despite wanting or needing to do something for myself (or for my business or my blog), they come first. And they know it. If I even attempt to...
by Bex | Jul 24, 2018 | Mommyhood, Self-Discovery, Self-Healing, Self-Improvement
Somewhere along the way, someone told us that because we are women and we are physically capable, we are supposed to have children. We are supposed to feel fulfilled and complete once we become mothers, because it’s our purpose. It’s what we’re made...
by Bex | Jul 15, 2018 | Mommyhood
Sometimes I wish my story was slightly more scandalous and interesting… like those actors who started out cleaning toilets or bar-tending and now have Golden Globes sitting on their mantle, run a clothing empire, and own 6 cars. However, my story is pretty...
by Bex | Jun 19, 2018 | Mommyhood, Self-Discovery
Driving to my Stroller Strides workout last Monday morning and listening to a podcast I had just learned about over the weekend, I had a MAJOR revelation. Like a life-altering, perspective-changing, mind-shifting, relationship-transforming kind of revelation. All from...
by Bex | May 19, 2018 | Mommyhood
Hello? Is there anyone out there? Can anyone hear me? I felt as though I was shouting into an abyss – a black hole filled with children’s laughter and tickles and snuggles and overused phrases like “I love you to the moon and back” and...
by Bex | May 14, 2018 | Mommyhood, Self-Healing, Self-Improvement
When I first became a mom, I did what most millennial moms do to find friends. I hopped on Facebook and joined some local mom groups. After a couple of awkward posts that sounded like something from the romance section of craigslist, I landed a few promising playdates...
by Bex | May 12, 2018 | Mommyhood
Every year I ask my husband for the same thing on Mother’s Day: A day off. While other mamas are enjoying the day snuggling, tickling, going to brunches, and having picnics with their littles, I’d much prefer to spend the day alone. We SAHM’s spend...
by Bex | May 3, 2018 | Health, Mommyhood, Self-Discovery
Growing up, I never really had to worry about my weight. I was blessed with my dad’s metabolism and body type, which, for most of my life meant I could eat whatever I wanted and not exercise. My body wasn’t healthy, nor was it EVER fit, and I just sort of coasted that...
