The Young Mommy Life

Sometimes in the mornings, I can count five negative statements before a positive one rolls off my tongue. “Ugh, my hair is too dry.” “Shouldn’t have eaten that cinnamon roll.” “When’s the last time I painted my toenails? They look a mess.” “My boobs just ain’t what they used to be.” Enough is enough! I [...]

I had a meltdown over the weekend due to some mounting stress that I had no outlet for. You see (and this is hard to admit), I have no life outside of my children and my husband. I rarely hang out with my friends anymore, I’m working long hours and I spend 80% of the [...]

So much of motherhood is stressful. The baby pooped right as you were ready to head out the door, you forgot to pick up diapers and now your kid is sitting in a roll of paper towels while you run to the store. You snap at your partner because he decided the five minutes before dinnertime was [...]

I don’t know what it is, but a good foot rub can almost be as good as an orgasm. (I said, almost.) Afterward you have that same light, tingly sensation flowing throughout your lower half and that inexplicable, “Honey, can I make you some breakfast?” desire. Whenever my husband would give me a footrub (and [...]

Welcome to the Happy Mom challenge. For more on this series, click here. My purse is a mess right now. Like, seriously. I can’t find anything, it takes me more than four seconds to hoist it up on my shoulder because it’s so heavy, but the worst part of all is that I can’t seem to [...]