Being a happy stay at home mom isn’t the point. I’m just going to go ahead and cut to the chase, now. Having happy children isn’t the point, either. #shocker. The point of being a stay at home mom is so that you are present, available, and the primary influence and care taker in your children’s lives. In a world …

Welcome to my new Sunrise Sanctuary! I’m in the middle of rebellious rebrand, flipping the script on my old 15 year stay at home mom life and embracing the solo mom adventure. If you can relate and are ready to start your own radical self-discovery journey, join me and the rest of the Sunrise Village here. My oldest is ten, …

When I decided that I was quitting social media for a year, even I was skeptical. I mean, if you’re living in the 21st Century but not posting about it, are you even alive? It wasn’t a long drawn, well thought out move, either. It was a completely spur-of-the-moment, conviction-of-the-soul, fit of desperation. Basically, I was sick of myself and …

I was unfamiliar with the stay at home mom blues, when they struck, because for the majority of my mom hood, I’ve been a mom of one. She was a compliant, wiser than her years, totally my tiny buddy one; I never had to worry much about how I would do anything because she was so easy to do everything …

I remember clear as day the moment I told my mom, with the haughty arrogance that only comes from being fifteen years old and full of worldly knowledge and superiority, that I would never be just a stay at home mom. I said it because that’s what she was. And I was mad. And in that moment I saw her …

I was born with a melancholy personality. It’s true. I have a natural tendency to be slightly gloomy, and I’m totally okay with that. In fact, I might be a little too okay with that… a little too comfortable with an “eh” fog hovering around me. I know, I know, that’s the first paragraph anyone would want to read when …

“Oh, I’m just a stay at home mom.” I heard the words leave my mouth before I could stop them, one in particular ringing in my ears. Just. I’m just this. I just do that. Except, there’s really no “just” about who I am or what I do all day everyday. I’m betting the same is true for you, too. …