Mom guilt is that nagging feeling that you are never quite doing enough. You work, and you feel guilty for missing things. You stay home, and you feel guilty about something else. You rest, and you feel guilty for resting. It follows you around all day whispering that everyone else has it figured out.

Does anyone know how to get a flare to check the calendar? That would be so much more convenient for me.

I always think I have this trust thing with the Lord figured out and am humbly surprised regularly when I discover that I might not trust Him like I thought. The truth is that you can insert any suffering, struggle or hardship you are having and there’s probably always a way to grow, right?

The morning rush is usually decided the night before. Here is the simple working mom evening routine I come back to, five small things that take the edge off tomorrow.

When I was diagnosed with lupus, it was really validating. I had an explanation for my fatigue, pain and other symptoms.

It’s easy for me to get overwhelmed and some days it doesn’t take much. I could list out all of the reasons why my brain tell me that’s justified: chronic illness, medical bills, complex medical care for my daughter, and the fact that my floors didn’t feel perfectly clean when I walked through the house this morning. I really don’t like that feeling! ha!

If you are a worn-out mom who feels like you are failing, you are not alone. It’s something we tell each other, this whole “you’re not alone” thing because it is true but its interesting because motherhood can also leave you feeling a little isolated.

I have a list on my phone of the problems I need to solve and not all of them can be solved with a good amazon find but some of them definitely can.

There’s something wonderful about getting home and feeling cozy in your space.

I wanted to write this because a cozy home does not take a clean house or a perfect day. For years I thought cozy was something you earned after the mess was gone and life slowed down. That was wrong. On my hardest weeks, the ones where my body quits on me, I can still rest physically.