by Carolyn Burke | Apr 17, 2019 | Support
You wanted to become a mom—with every fiber in your being. OR, you were surprised by becoming a mom—but embraced those double blue lines wholeheartedly. But then the whirr and hum of mom-life sets in. You can’t remember when you started eating food scraps off little...
by Carolyn Burke | Apr 8, 2019 | Support
Apparently we don’t have to repeat the same relationship patterns over and over again. Was this helpful? Let me know which part really hit home, in the comments below. You’re more powerful than you know,...
by Carolyn Burke | Mar 14, 2019 | Support
My daughter Anabel’s friends shared they were woke—in the middle of the night—by an Amber Alert that went out on the cellular network. The girls were surprised when Anabel told them she didn’t see the alert until the morning when she turned on her phone. At our...
by Carolyn Burke | Feb 21, 2019 | Support
My life is not perfect. A few years ago one of my girls broke a window in a fit of rage. You know, the antique glass window? My other girl has slammed too many doors to count. I don’t always know how to manage the intensity that can take over my household. It comes in...
by Carolyn Burke | Sep 28, 2018 | Support
It’s the most stressful 10 minutes of my year. Every year. I’m standing watching my daughter in the school yard and there are hoards of kids running around reuniting after a summer apart. It’s the first day of school and we’ve arrived the requisite 15 minutes before...
by Carolyn Burke | May 24, 2018 | Support
My kids are fighting over media. This isn’t the usual “get out of my room!” or “she did this to me” fighting. They’re fighting about what to post on Instagram. One day it was a fight about posting a photo to commemorate National Siblings Day (the irony). The next day...