Well Scripted. A Paige Cotter Original.

12/24/2022

Barbara Kurtz Harwood (M O M)

CHRISTMAS CREATIVITY🎄Artist John Atkinson imagines how famous artists might interpret a Christmas tree. More at wronghands1.com.

08/07/2022

I know it’s hard, and sometimes expensive getting kids ready for back to school. But just buy Crayola and buy Elmer’s glue sticks. You don’t have to buy as many and they work so much better!

Hee, hee…😜

(via Simon Holland)

06/25/2022

This eclectic group of children is a chosen family. Yesterday we said “see you in another state” to Finn & Hayes (& their parents )

Onto a great Adventure, we hope to see you soon, and we already miss you terribly!

05/26/2022

Welcome to the world baby GIRL!!!🥂

05/14/2022

02/22/2022

You will eventually relax into this. I promise.

One grey afternoon, you'll be making dinner, whilst your ridiculously cute three-year-old sous-chef sits atop the kitchen counter, crumbling Oxo cubes and sniffing thyme.

With one arm cautiously holding him in place and the other haphazardly grating cheese, you'll finally feel at home in this not-so-new skin of yours.

You'll hand him a secret slice of cheddar and jokingly whisper "shhh!", the same way that your Dad used to.

He'll look up at you, face beaming, delighted with his unexpected tidbit.

It hits you. You're enjoying this.

Finally, all the other stuff that once felt so immediate, will start to leave you. The tiredness. Oh, the tiredness that you thought would haunt you forever. The constant doubting of your own ability, that you thought would never leave you alone. The fear that you will never, ever, get the hang of this.

Because you will, my love.

Not every day. But some of the days. And that is a welcome breakthrough.

And all the rest will slowly fade into the deep recesses, until the enduring feeling you're left with is, "I love you. I love you. I love you".

Today was a good day.

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📷 : Sadie Wild Photography (photo of Birth Bubble)

Words: Karen McMillan (Mother Truths)

Taken from "Warm Like Summer: Little Stories of Early Motherhood" Available to buy worldwide on Amazon: https://linktr.ee/mother_truths

02/18/2022

I’m one of those people who cut their teeth on a bar stool.
I learned to play pool with a step stool & a bridge.
I am who I am because of the times I’ve spent in a restaurant or bar, both as a patron and as an employee.
I will always share menus that look like this one.

And I encourage YOU to order a round for the kitchen, trust me!

Should be on every menu by LAW!
See more hospitality memes at www.chefscircle.co.uk/memes/memes-youll-only-understand-if-you-work-in-hospitality-33/

02/12/2022

12/29/2021

Worth a shot!

11/25/2021

PLATTSBURGH | It started with a Facebook post. Rachael LaMoy, the owner of Souly Nature, a self-care line, put up a post on Facebook to see if any other local artists would be interested in opening up a storefront in downtown Plattsburgh.

10/01/2021

I mean. FRICKIN wow!🖤

09/18/2021

What a beautiful sight to behold.
💛🌸💚🥂

09/17/2021

I am incredibly P R O U D of these boards. They are 4 years old and holding up well!

I am also incredibly G R A T E F U L for the friendship we have with this family. Their Momma and I grew up together and endured those crazy school days alongside each other. Now, my own children are her children’s closest friends.

We live a beautiful L I F E up in these parts!

💙💛

09/16/2021

This is my Etta. Oh how I how my heart can withstand raising her. Strong will and giant heart.

I can do this🤞🏼🖤

Then there was Alice.

09/16/2021

09/16/2021

Where are all my 90s babes at!?

Swipe right to see this jacket in action at the rehearsal dinner!

J E A N 🖤 J A C K E T S are my favorite this season!

🥂

09/15/2021

It’s a rainy, gloomy Wednesday morning.

Here’s a toasted photo to keep you going.

please enjoy S’ M O R E L O V E

🖤🖤

09/14/2021

My girl is in L O V E with our newest addition to the “gold chalkboard” collection!

She even did her own sign, but how do I get her to take it out of her room!?🤞🏼

09/14/2021

As always, THANK YOU AMY, you said exactly what I needed to hear.

All the Moms deserve All the love
and a lot of grace.

The reality of being a working mom.

Just got 5 kids off to school, my helpful husband is out of town so I'm all on my own.

Here's the run down, it might sound familiar.

Woke up the troops after multiple alarms sound. Convinced them that yes indeed it was a school day and no I wasn't kidding.

Kids fed. Cereal. Toast. Eggs. Tea. All the things you see behind me. Located and washed additional spoons because there are never enough of those things.

Forms signed. Agendas signed. Money for stuff put in envelopes and only some of it was quarters. Go me.

Endlessly discussed tsunamis, Hillary Clinton, the intricacies of cat behavior, how one learns to be a mime and what one needs in the ideal backpack.

Mediated several arguments over hairbrushes, shoes and whose turn it was in the bathroom.

Lunches packed and in backpacks. Cold packs found for those that needed them so no one dies of Salmonella. Didn't have to resort to ice in baggies.

Lost socks found. Flannel shirt located. Talked the kid who didn't have the "right shorts" down off the ledge.

After school activities reviewed. Reminders to drive safely given.

Kids walked to the bus. Watched one stand on one foot and timed him as requested. Hugs to the sad shorts girl.

And now it's time to go to work.

The mess you see behind me will be waiting there after a full day. I will be cleaning it as I make dinner, deal with after school snacks and homework while trying to get kids ready to go all the places.

Perhaps you will be too.

Here's to the moms who've already done all the things before 8:30am. Who like me are rushing to their jobs because despite how we feel the day is just beginning.

And here's to the at home moms of littles who want to thwart your efforts to deal with this same mess even though you are home.

We're in the trenches here my friends so sometimes it looks like a bomb has gone off.

I know this too shall pass, someday we'll be sitting in our tidy kitchens or leaving a silent house.

And from what I hear we'll miss this.

We'll miss these signs of love and life behind us. The crumbs and laundry and cereal bowls and stray socks.

So today I choose to cherish the mess. To leave the stress behind and know that it isn't possible to do it all. To know that we are not meant to have super clean homes and awesome jobs and perfectly behaved children all at the same time.

That we will have glimmers of each of these things some of the time. And that is good enough. Because above all we have so much love. That mess behind me has love written all over it.

We've got this my friends. Even if the state of our countertops makes it looks like we don't.

{This popped up from a few years ago and as I sit in my completely redone and messier than ever kitchen it’s all still so true.}

09/13/2021

When my close friends
(who I’ve chosen to be family)
get M A R R I E D, I dabble in florals.

Thank you for letting my brighten your day my loves
🖤🥂🌸

09/12/2021

All the fabric pumpkins, always!

09/06/2021

09/04/2021

XL gold mirror

09/04/2021

09/04/2021

Large Antique Gold Glass

09/04/2021

Large Antigue Gold Mirror