Life Lately

A sexy thing happened to me this week. I got a mouth guard to wear at night to keep from grinding my teeth. It now sits on my dresser next to my cracked heel cream, my insomnia tinctures, my asthma inhaler, my white noise machine, and a stack of books about the gender inequality of mental load that is leading to stress and overwhelm for women. Form an orderly queue, boys. 😂

In what may be the weirdest accidental science experience ever, I left a bowl of apple cider vinegar in the backyard after doing a rinse on Jafta’s hair and three of those creepy green fig beetles drowned themselves in it. 🤷‍♀️

 

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Jafta (#4) taking one kid down and then turning around and taking another one down. Today was his first ever tackle game and I was/am a ball of nerves. Football moms: help. I have a migraine from the stress of watching all of this pushing and shoving and tackling. Does this get easier? Do they all get hurt? So many kids escorted off the field. And literally, the minute I come to post this, I see my friend @jenhatmaker’s son had the moment I was dreading on the field. 😭😭 It’s all so physical and brutal and emotional and I don’t know if I can do this for four years without losing my mind. I was equal parts terrified but also really proud because he really did show up and give it his all. Clear eye, full hearts, scared moms.

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A whirlwind, too-fast but totally worth it trip to Canada for no reason other than to catch up and connect. My reset button is pushed and my heart is full. (Fixed it @jenhatmaker)

Beautiful day with my favorites. Missing you @jenhatmaker.