This blog has been officially hijacked! For months Mommys-15-Minutes has brought you witty and beautiful spiritual narratives of her...

A tribute to my sister and all with mothering hearts this Mother’s Day. Let us find our joy. Pictured above is my sister and I embracing...

I noticed the box of art supplies was out of place, and their little hands had little stains that come from magic markers. Mother’s Day...

Mother’s Day cards. Mine are folded up in a special place, and I keep them like treasures. My sons are too young to have constructed any...

It is Friday, the first of May.  Quite possibly the best day yet. The morning began with a breeze, so I slipped the boys into jackets,...

The day was beautiful, but it was ugly, too. Baltimore erupts into violence, anti-white activism. Death toll exceeds 3,800 in Nepal...

Sure, we’ve all had them. Two-year-old is going on day five of a cold. Breathing treatments and all. One-year-old has picked up his cough...

As I was scrolling my newsfeed, taking in tips on top baby toys, which essential oils cure colds and why we should or should never...

I grew up with Jesus. Well, let’s put it this way, I was born into a Christian home, raised in a Christian church. I learned to quote...

As long as I can remember, I’ve always looked forward to spring. More time outside to play, less time until the school year’s end and...

“Go Momm-meee.” His 2-year old voice trailing his 2-year old legs that have sped off to lap the round kitchen table. He is moving fast,...

Daylight Savings Time. This is me at 4:30pm on the Monday afterward. (To clarify – this is my “I’m seriously running behind” face; not...

It hit me like the 2 tbsp of butter that sank to the bottom of the metal pot on the stove. My self-expectations of good parenting,...

My youngest will have surgery this month. He will go without food and drink for hours before. He will wear a teeny hospital gown that’s...

This truth came to me as I watched my son watch me get him ready for bed. My sister came over earlier with her daughter, bouncing and...

Today I messed up, and I owe some apologies. I apologize to the man driving the transfer truck that cut me off at the merge. Me, in a...

My boys are fifteen months apart. When we announced we were expecting our second baby, we heard everything from – “they’ll be best...

Blood red actually. Valentine’s Day is upon us, and I read post after post on how it feels to be in love, how it looks to be in love, how...

Mom mode. This week, I decide to name it. You know, those times when you can’t remember how you got from there to here, but you know you...

It was the first night our second son slept upstairs in his own bedroom. The house was loud, with the sound of the dryer spinning clothes...