by heatherjgearhart | Jul 19, 2021 | Adventures in Parenting
I’ve been MIA, like REALLY MIA. I know. It hasn’t been for lack of want. When I first started Life’s Etc. blog it was because I really wanted to share authentic stories about motherhood and mental health, doing my part to break down the stigmas...
by heatherjgearhart | Mar 25, 2020 | Adventures in Parenting, Sanity Please
The gentle thud of the closet’s sliding door shut out the last of the light, and she worked to calm her breathing. She’d ran to the closet to find a hiding spot and her chest heaved in response to the burst of exercise her body endured. She leaned back against the...
by heatherjgearhart | Sep 7, 2018 | Adventures in Parenting
“I love you too much to argue!” That became my mindless mantra this morning at approximately 6:45 a.m. when my tiny 5-year-old daughter started arguing with me about whether or not she could give herself another tattoo – this time in yellow ink...
by heatherjgearhart | Sep 7, 2018 | Adventures in Parenting
Age matters, but not your age – just your kids’ age. It’s something I’ve only recently realized, and my children are age 8 and 5. Sitting at a kids’ birthday party a couple weeks back, all the moms suddenly began to share how old they were. No surprise – I was the...
by heatherjgearhart | Sep 7, 2018 | Adventures in Parenting, Sanity Please
What is it about youth sports that turns normal, caring parents into snarling, blood-thirsty beasts? I don’t do well with drama – it totally drains me. That said, I also don’t do well with keeping my mouth shut when something needs to be addressed (positive or...
by heatherjgearhart | Sep 7, 2018 | Adventures in Parenting, Sanity Please
Last summer my father excitedly shared that he’d booked a cabin for a family reunion in Gaitlinburg, TN. I gulped. Then I mapquested the trip. And then, I cried. TWENTY-FIVE HOURS. That’s how long it would take my little family to drive from Flagstaff to Gaitlinburg....
