While talking to my husband, he’ll often finish my thoughts and tell me he gets it. To which I reply, “But I need to say it.” What is it about the presence of an audience that gives our words weight? If Yev wasn’t going to listen, why did I still want to tell him? WhyContinue reading “To Feel Less Alone”
Category Archives: Marriage
A Five Minute Conversation
Aren’t morning tantrums the worst, or is it just me? Add a newborn and a husband who has 6am meetings. Sometimes the sun isn’t even awake, and I’m already here [raises hand above 5’4” frame]. Yep, sometimes we board the struggle bus early in this fam, and I’m finding I’m not coping as well asContinue reading “A Five Minute Conversation”
Your Turn Will Come Papa
What’s the most annoying trait your kids have picked up from your spouse? Well the one that makes me want to rip my hair out right now is toilet paper. Who could have known that two sheets of Charmin could drive a mom insane? Let me back up. Recently, my kids have been adding anContinue reading “Your Turn Will Come Papa”
When Mama Feels Sick
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I have not been feeling well, and I find it’s incredibly difficult to shake an illness as a mom. We are already severely sleep deprived, under nourished, and lacking in adequate time for self-care. Once infected, we struggle to fight the additional internal battle. I feel like I’ve beenContinue reading “When Mama Feels Sick”
5 Ways to Keep Calm in the Heat
With summer comes the heat waves, and I’m sure you’re thinking of ways to beat the heat. But there are plenty of posts about that: sit in a pool, use fans, drink cold beverages. What I want to talk about is how to maintain your relationships in the heat. If you’re anything like my family,Continue reading “5 Ways to Keep Calm in the Heat”
Parenting as a Team
I used to always get really excited about holidays because it meant time off to spend with my friends. Now, I’m excited Yev has work off, but holidays can definitely stress me out. It often means we’ll be at someone else’s house, chasing our kids around for the better half of the day, until someoneContinue reading “Parenting as a Team”
Happy or Right?
All right. So here’s the truth of it. Yev and I had a little “misunderstanding” about who was writing tonight’s article, so here I am, at midnight, typing away at my computer without any plan or prep. And this is exactly how marriage works. It throws us into situations, often without a life raft. WeContinue reading “Happy or Right?”
1st Newsletter!
Oh man 😂. Yev and I spent most of the night working on my Newsletter. We are Tired with a capital T! I am so blessed to have a husband who can help me with these things. I know nothing about templates or text boxes or email blasts. I pretty much know how to create aContinue reading “1st Newsletter!”
3 Reasons to Fight with Your Husband
Fighting can be done right, wrong, and all shades in between. We are imperfect people, living together, managing each others expectations. We are bound to ruffle feathers and incite rebellion, but how do we handle these situations? Do we use them as an opportunity to enrich our relationships or boost our egos? Here are threeContinue reading “3 Reasons to Fight with Your Husband”
“Oh! I need towel!”
There are traits we want our children to inherit, and there are others that make us want to bang our heads against the wall. Yev and I love seeing intelligence in our children’s eyes and tenacity in their actions. Their mischievousness though, that’s a struggle! Yev laughs it off and often mutters something about, “Karma,”Continue reading ““Oh! I need towel!””
Jacqueline Pinchuk 