I put my girls to bed and then crumpled into a heap on my bedroom floor, first sobbing and then halfway wailing. My husband had been gone for weeks and the home fires I’d promised to keep burning had imploded on me. His job took him overseas for three months at a time, and I… Read More
It’s been years since I’ve ridden this kind of emotional roller coaster. Many years ago my husband worked overseas. I was a young mom, and his three-month absences were almost more than I could bear. I was physically exhausted and emotionally drained even on the good days. From one day to the next (depending on… Read More
For every overwhelmed mom who wonders if she has what it takes, I’m on your team. As a young mom with a two-year-old and an infant, I was beside myself. We had just moved into a new home in the woods. With no neighbors in sight, our house sat at the end of a quarter-mile… Read More