Forging a New Path in Kindergarten
My Dearest Halen, I sit here thinking about how fast five years went by. I think back on being in absolute maternity bliss when you...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Mar 12, 2019
- 3 min
Maybe It’s Okay If I’m Not Okay
Recently a new song has been coming on in my car and every time it does, I find myself turning the volume up and getting chills from the...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Dec 14, 2018
- 3 min
Why Is It So Hard To Downshift?
I find it interesting that during certain times of our life we are forced to slow down. Forced to pause, forced to rest. As moms, we...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Dec 2, 2018
- 4 min
Family Advent Calendar
This year we chose to do a family advent calendar vs. Elf on the Shelf. As much as this creative, Pinterest-loving, sentimental mom would...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Oct 1, 2018
- 2 min
Wounds
Healing from anything is difficult and takes time. Regardless of that wound being physical, emotional or mental. With a battle of breast...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- May 13, 2018
- 2 min
A Mother's Love is Peace
Last year at this time, I had no idea what was coming. I was living in my own mother’s house (again), I was buried in motherhood of two...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Feb 14, 2018
- 2 min
I am okay with Valentine's Day
All I have seen lately are moms snappish about how much they hate Valentine’s Day… it bums me out. I mean don’t get me wrong, I get it....
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Dec 17, 2017
- 3 min
Sometimes you just have to stop and cuddle.
Life with littles is hard. I find that I am so busy trying to juggle everything, I forget to go to the bathroom. My bladder has become a...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Oct 27, 2017
- 4 min
Five months and 2 days. #nomochemo
When I first walked in to the chemotherapy room I cried. The sad, slow, tears streaming down my face, and trembling…I was scared. But...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Oct 19, 2017
- 5 min
Choose joy. Be a beacon of light.
I had a hard weekend. I let darkness creep into my mind, and instead of my sweeping it aside like my normally happy-go-lucky self does, I...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Oct 7, 2017
- 6 min
What I Think About All The Pink
A Breast Cancer Survivor's Perspective As I am rounding out my chemotherapy treatments in October, it is impossible to miss all the...
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