Mom Life
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Celebrating National Deaf History Month.
Many of us may not know, but March 13th to April 15th is known as National Deaf History Month. These dates are observed to acknowledge and pay tribute to the achievements that have been made by deaf and hard of hearing individuals. I have teamed up with Meagan Stokes from Sign With Stokes, to give us more insight on this subject. Continue to read to watch our interview below.
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Tips To Make Homeschooling Process Easier.
At this time, due to the coronavirus and social distancing, we are all forced to homeschool our children. It can be a joyous bonding occasion or one that we want to rip our hair out from frustration. But no matter how we feel, it’s something we have to do. Here are a few tips that you can use to try to get you through this homeschooling process and hopefully it can become an enjoyable experience for both the parents and the kids.
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How I Lost Myself After Becoming A Mommy
When I became a mommy, I committed myself to being the best mommy that I could be. I promised to always put my child first and poured everything I could into her. It was my goal to develop a positive, loving, self confident, little mini me. No matter what, my child would know that she was loved and my first priority. This task was enjoyable and I took pride in watching my daughter grow.
My morning consisted of feeding, bathing and dressing my daughter in color coordinated outfits. Her bows matched her dress and her shoes never had a scuff. We would sit, sing and play games as I kissed her face a thousand times. She was breast fed and since I was a working mom, I pumped. I made sure she always had breast milk available whenever she simply whimpered for a taste of milk. Whatever my baby needed, no hesitation, she got it.
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Am I Really A Bad Mom? How to Deal With Mom Guilt.
The thought of becoming a mom and loving your children always seems like a dream come true. It’s a beautiful thing and a blessing to encounter. But what about when all that beauty wears off? Then, you wonder what in the world was I thinking? Why did I have all these children in the first place? You begin to deal with Mom Guilt. Then you ask, am I really a bad mom? If you are honest with yourself, I’m not the only mom that has felt this way. If you are not ready to admit it, that’s okay, just keep reading.
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Am I missing out on what my child really needs? I learned a lesson.
As we know, parenting is very time consuming and we always feel there is never enough time in a day. The more hands we have to help, the better. Being a mom of four, I am constantly being pulled in every direction. Before I can finish tending to one child, the next child is pulling me the other way or yelling my name at the top of their lungs…and they usually want absolutely nothing. Lol. I am tending to my children, but am I missing out on what my child really needs?
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How To Deal With Grief. Getting Through The Hard Times.
Going through grief is something we never dream of, let alone look forward to facing. There are a number of situations and circumstances that can cause grief. It’s important to know that there is no right or wrong way to deal with these situations. Dealing with grief can be a result of a death, divorce, loss of finance, or loss of safety. It will affect people in many different ways and must be dealt with individually. Here are a few ways to deal with grief.
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Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone
For many years my husband, Drey, has been asking me to go skydiving with him. Every time he asked me, I looked at him like he had 3 horns on his head. “Dude, are you crazy? You want me to jump out of a plane with a little fabric attached to my back and hope I make it to the ground alive? What sense does that make? First, we have kids, second, people die from doing things like this!”
Fast forwarding a couple years, I was casually talking to him and made the mistake of asking what he wanted to do for his birthday. With no hesitation, he said, “Skydive!” I’m not sure what cup of courage I was drinking that night, but I agreed. The next day, I scheduled the jump and decided there was no turning back. Super scared, nervous and uncertain, I decided to step out of my comfort zone and live life a little. My comfort zone is safe for me, but if I step out of my comfort zone, what will I experience? I realized at that moment, I would never know, unless I actually took that step.
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Sibling Rivalries Are Teachable Moments. 5 lessons learned from fighting.
I have three daughters, ages 8, 6 and 4. It’s a constant girl quarrel in the house. We deal with sibling rivalries daily. They fight over everything. They argue over who gets the remote, who sits in the second row compared to the third row of the car and who gets the pink plate at dinner time. There is nothing different about that plate, but the color. 🤦♀️
Five minutes later, you will hear, “Get out of my room, stop looking at me and she touched me!” I have learned to tune them out most of the time, but when it gets out of hand and a little too noisy, I will step in. I ask the kids, “Do you want me to handle it?” They yell out, “NO!”, because they know if I step in, tv goes off, everybody sits in the third row and no one gets the pink plate.
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Keep Looking Forward
My kids and I were in Walmart shopping. As we were going to the next aisle, my six year old daughter, Driauna is walking forward, but looking backward. She is walking right in the direction of an abandoned shopping cart. Driauna is short like me, so her face is the same height as the cart. I see the catastrophe about to happen, so I stick my hand in between the cart and her face. She runs directly into my hand, is startled and says, “Wow, Mommy, that almost took my face off!” I replied, “Yes, and it would have if I were not standing here. Dri, you cannot walk forward and look behind you. You can’t see where you are going and you are bound to crash. Look in front of you, stop looking back.”
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Try Something New, You Never Know How Well You Will Do.
My four year old daughter, Daniya, has been asking me about ice skating. She saw a little girl ice skating on tv and said, “Mommy, I want to go ice skating….tomorrow!” I laughed as she said, “Mommy, I’m serious! That girl on tv does it and I can too!” Now remind you, Daniya has never stepped foot into an ice arena. I didn’t want to kill her vibe and crush her dreams, so I gathered up the family and we all went ice skating. Daniya put her skates on, gained her balance and took off. First time on ice skates and she was actually pretty good. Daniya had confidence and determination. There was no room for fear, she knew what she wanted and she achieved her goal. We can learn a lot from the little people in our lives. I learned from Daniya to have a clear focus of what you want and then be confident enough to get it done. Daniya did not say she wanted to go ice skating one day…she said tomorrow!!
