Lauren Flake - Grief & Texas
I’ve been having trouble writing lately, trouble finding my voice and trouble finding time to write in this season of motherhood. I feel myself being pulled in too many directions and struggling with self doubt as a stay at home mom. I always hesitate when someone asks me what I “do”. Well, I take care […]
Mother’s Day is a bittersweet time for me and a difficult day for my grandmother. We mourn the woman who connects us, the mother who made me want to be a mother, the daughter who made her a mother. One year ago, on the day before Mother’s Day, my mother and I looked into each other’s eyes for the very last […]
I was born on Easter Sunday 30 years ago, when my mother was 30 years old. As I am rapidly approaching 30, I reflect on new life and the true meaning of Easter. My Easter birthday As a child, I thought Easter was all about me–my own personal holiday. My parents loved to tell me […]
Struggling with perfectionism During So You Think You Can Dance auditions, a 30-something mother of two young kids was asked why she was finally trying out for the show. She told the judges she has “mom confidence” now. She didn’t make it through to the Top 20, but her answer stuck with me because I […]
Celebrating A Year of Blessings As “Mommy” to a toddler and a newborn at the present moment, I celebrate small but wonderful blessings like a few consecutive hours of sleep, a hot shower, wearing clean clothes and eating a meal without a child in my lap on a daily basis. This New Year’s Eve, however, […]