About Me

Welcome!

I'm Sarah.

I am a wife to one, and a mom of five.

I love being a mother more than anything in the world.

I love writing about my daily life with my family.
I love to:

Accentuate the postive,

Eliminate the negative,

Latch on to the affirmative,

Don't mess with Mr. Inbetween.

BUT...

I don't ever want to paint a picture on this blog of some perfect life that I lead.  

Here are some things you should know.

I yell sometimes.

Especially when doors are slammed. (Slamming doors drive me crazy!)

I have NO patience for arguing children and I think I often unfairly blame the wrong person just out of anger.

Sometimes I hear my voice and cringe. "You could have said that so less harsh!", I think to myself.

And then I try again.

I get annoyed at my husband sometimes.

Mostly for absolutely nothing.

When he walks in the door after work, sometimes I'm a tad bit grouchy.

You know the witching hours with kids are between 4 and 6?

He gets home at the tail end of that and I've tapped out.

But he is the nicest husband ever and does spends every spare minute with our kids, and I love him so much, sometimes I just forget to appreciate him.

My home is usually cleaned and straightened. But that's only because there is something deeply wrong with my brain...it races in circles when it sees huge messes and then this thing in my brain taps like a woodpecker on my skull relentlessy until I clean them up. If I ignore this racing and tapping, I find I start barfing up reactions to them in other ways. (It used to be by stuffing them in with chocolate.) My gift for cleaniness and organization is both a curse and a blessing.

But on this blog, I try to concentrate on the good things.

I find complaining somewhat unattractive, don't you? We all do it, and if I tried I could easily find something every single day to whine about, but who wants to do that? You can waste your entire life whining and complaining and everyone around won't be able to stand you.

And I don't have the answers to everything...but I do write what about what I have learned during the 17 years of motherhood. I write about my feelings, and my thoughts and my life.  The mistakes I made, the solutions I found, the regrets I've had, and the secrets to finding joy in being a mother...because we all know it's not always easy.

Right now, I'm teaching my oldest to drive and my youngest to go poopy in the potty...I won't tell you which one is easier.

I like to think I've learned a lot about how to be a mom, while messing up, observing what works and doesn't work for children, being in the thick of it day in and day out, and consulting those around me who've been on this road for far longer with some pretty good results. I take my job as "mother" quite seriously when it comes to the big things, and some of the small ones also.

I love old-fashioned values. I love keeping my kids young in a world that wants them to grow up fast. I love staying home and consider my role as mother the most important job on earth. 

I know that what all those beautiful grandmas with tears in their eyes say to me in the grocery store is true...it goes too fast.

All the while, I remain humble, because God knows, there are no guarantees when it comes to parenting. I want to look back with no regrets, and say I that I used everything in my power to grow babies into happy, healthy, whole, adults.

No one's life is perfect, mine included.

But I like to strive for perfection...

the kind of perfection that comes with LOVING the imperfect,

LOVING the path of life that I am on now,

LOVING the chance that I have to learn from mistakes, to find solutions to problems, to grow as a mother, LOVING the gifts and trials and long days that I am SO grateful to be here to experience.

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Disclosure of Material Connection: 

I might receive some of the  products or services mentioned in some of my posts for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog.  I also might receive a tiny portion of  a sale if the link is an affiliate product.  Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe my readers will enjoy. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”