When Self-Care Looks Like Iced Tea & Earrings
Last week on Facebook I saw a picture that you’ve all probably seen too: someone sitting by a pool, book in hand, toes against blue water, and captioned ‘self care’. I straight laughed, because earlier that SAME day I’d had my 21 week OB visit....
A Standing Ovation for You
I watch the Bachelorette. And the Bachelor. It’s my brain candy and while I’m sure it rots my synapses like cavities in tooth enamel, I can’t quit. It’s a little like a train wreck that I can’t look away from, drawn in while holding my...
On Hard Days and Do-over Grace
Today (yesterday, now) was a hard, hard day. We had a full beautiful weekend, attending a wedding and two days at family camp. We made memories and chose not to pick lots of battles. We allowed candy and late-night movies. Sam got to sleep on the top bunk and jump on...Peanut Butter Cups, Hoarder Laundry & Booties: #realmomconfessions
Real Mom Confessions. I’m exhausted and diving right in 😉 1. I downed a package of dark chocolate peanut butter cups (God bless Trader Joe’s) after telling my kid he could have watermelon for dessert. 2. I felt like a rotten mom today. I’m tired and...
I’m a Summertime Scrooge. {Real Mom Confessions: summer edition}
I’m a summertime Scrooge. Amidst the glowing summer bucket lists, pins of summer fun, the smell of sunscreen and late-night bonfires, I’m a total Scrooge. I so, so much prefer fall or even winter to summer. I know. Scrooge. Go ahead, bah humbug away, then let me...
On Following my Mama Gut
“I a mountain climber!” This, my friends, is more than an adorable picture. This is proof of following my mama gut. Also he needs a haircut. We’re at Bieber status here. // Over a month ago, I signed my boy up for Vacation Bible School. The church...
Yogurt Face, DVDs and ‘So Many Pops!’: Real Mom Confessions
Wednesday #realmomconfessions! Holler! {I used to say that when I was a youth director and would be all Lutheran about it. ‘Holler at you!’ We’d laugh a lot and the kids would say it and we’d laugh some more. I might teach that one to Sam.}...
Real Mom Confessions: a mama update, the most epic meltdown ever, and lawnmower burps
Oh man. Do I ever have some goodies for this weeks edition. I don’t know if it’s because summer is upon us or because there’s been a full moon or maybe it’s the s’mores three nights in a row, but the kids are in some kind of rare form. So...
On Why I Will Treasure All of My Kids but (maybe) Not All of the Moments
So many, many feelings. There is a fire in my bones about this, and I’m hard-pressed to think of another post in which I’ve covered something so hot-button. But I can’t stop the pit in my stomach when I hear the phrase spoken and watch the guilt wash...
Real Mom Confessions: floor food, a CLOSET, + more
It’s that time again friends, when we come together to share our real, to let each other know that we’re far from alone, and to giggle because we just have to laugh at the absurd everyday real lives we live. Here’s what I have for you this week: 1. I...
On This Season of Sacrifice
My days are patchworked together much like the quilts we use for summer picnics. A moment for writing here, a minute for cleaning up there, a big chunk for work pops up, a few minutes of quiet before someone wakes. This season of raising small children? This season,...Meet Anna
Anna E. Rendell: Author, latte lover. Content Marketing Manager at (in)courage by DaySpring. Wife of Jared and mom of four littles. Telling real stories from real life, and encouraging you to find the extra in your ordinary.
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The Christmas Couch!
