Natural Parenting

When mommy’s happy… you know the rest

January 22, 2013 By Erika Zane

Today, the effect I have on my children’s behavior really hit me. Both the positive AND the negative. Let’s start…
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Putting away Ogre Mommy

November 13, 2012 By Erika Zane

I’m so tired of feeling like Shrek. Argh! Today, I realized just how often I say the word “no” in…
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Sleep training and the web of guilt

September 12, 2012 By Erika Zane

Guilt is a sticky, tangled web and fear, the paralyzing spider. The importance of making decisions that have no foundation…
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Who decided toddlers don’t eat veggies?

September 6, 2012 By Erika Zane

The idea that kids hate vegetables is total… well fudge. We eat our fair share of that around here, too. …
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What Makes a Great Mother?

August 9, 2012 By Erika Zane

I’m not a “great” mother. I don’t think I’m a bad mother. I love my children with all my heart…
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Hello and welcome. It’s been a while. For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media. Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives. I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it. I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past. But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here. Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through. Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often. Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here. And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest. There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers. Come on over if you want to process with me.