Category: Family
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No. I Don’t Have Tourrette’s. I’m A Mother.
This morning, as I nursed my one-month-old, ate a bowl of cereal, and spoon-fed my toddler breakfast all at the same time, it occurred to me that if I blogged the way I talk then it would read something like this: Having two young daughters is a lot of – don’t touch that – that…
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Father’s Day & Sad Memories of Child Abuse
As someone whose memories of child abuse, domestic violence, hurtful words, and emotional abuse overwhelm the happy memories of childhood, holidays are usually tinged with sadness and anger. I should be able to celebrate Christmas with my dad, but I can’t feel happy, safe, or calm around him. I want to be able to have…
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7 Things to Never EVER Say to a Pregnant Woman
Seven things to never, EVER say to a pregnant woman: “Sleep now! You won’t be able to once the baby is here!” OK, you try sleeping with a watermelon sized tummy, an aching body, and a baby kicking you in the bladder, ribs, and lungs every night between midnight and 5AM. It doesn’t happen! In…
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Does Worry Mean I Lack Faith? Pregnancy & Fear of Miscarriage
I haven’t felt the baby in 2 days … I know that’s normal at 16 – 17 weeks but I’m so much more scared that something will go wrong with this pregnancy. I think part of it is because it’s so different than my pregnancy with Elowyn (now 17 months). There’s been no morning sickness, barely any…
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A Day in the Life of a Working Mom
Tasks Completed: Made French Toast for Breakfast Got Tiny E Dressed Read 5 Books to Tiny E Wrote & Edited 5 Pages of Website Content Played Pat-A-Cake Made Cheese Omelet for Lunch Gave Tiny E a Bath to Remove Cheese Omelet from Hair Swept & Mopped Kitchen Floor (but it’s still sticky. Highly recommend shoes)…
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Creative Seasons: Songwriting, Parenting, and Things-I-Never-Thought-I’d-Say
I used to write a song or more a week, but since I had Baby E, I’ve only written one or two over the course of a year. Of course, I’m in the studio working on producing an album too, so it’s not really “writing season,” it’s more a “production season” (I go through different…
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The Garage Intruder: A Shocking Story
I’m interrupting our regularly scheduled programming (i.e., my series on forgiveness) to bring you this really fascinating interlude. The most shocking thing happened last night. We were getting ready for bed, and as I walked through the living room, I heard one of our cats scratching from behind the door to our garage. So I…
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Killing The Lies: What Is Forgiveness, Really?
This is the first in a series of blogs about forgiveness. For a rough overview of talking points I’ll be covering, check out my “preface” blog to this series: The Top 10 Most Prevalent Lies About Forgiveness. Besides personal experience, I will be basing many of my ideas on Matthew 18, specifically verses 21-35. If…
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The Top 10 Most Prevalent Lies About Forgiveness
I consider myself an expert on forgiveness. Seriously, anyone over the age of 20 who isn’t festering in bitterness is probably an expert on forgiveness. But forgiveness is still hard. Especially when we’re confronted with issues such as domestic violence, adultery, lies, betrayal, or theft. It’s hard to forgive people, especially friends and family, for…
Jenn Greenberg 