“healthy female friendships … create space for you to be you, to have an opinion, learn how to communicate and to address conflict, apologize when necessary and make you feel valued and understood.”
Last Friday did not go my way. At all. It started at 1 AM when my husband woke me up because he was super stressed about the next few weeks. I’m not mad about this – we have an understanding that we can rely on each other that way. However, after he was settled down and dozed off, I stayed wide awake until around 4:30 am when I finally passed out. Sometime in the night, […]
Foundation is Important A few months after quitting my job to become a stay at home mom, I noticed that I felt a loss of a part of my identity. I was no longer “Rachel: Team Leader, Problem Solver, Colleague, Employee, Boss Lady”- I was now viewed as “Rachel: Sam’s wife, Sawyer’s Mom”. As many parents who decide to become stay at home parents will tell you – loss of identity becomes a huge issue […]
Bored this summer? Kids driving you bonkers? Don't have enough to send them off to summer camp? Fear not! Chicky Mama is here with 50 free summer activities for you and you kids to beat the heat this summer without going into debt!
Starting in middle school, about a month before school ended, I would make a list of “impossible” things that I wanted to achieve that summer. Usually, I tried to make the list at least 10 items long and my goal was always to complete the list and write about them in my journals as I went. Middle school was a hard time for me (and everyone else on the planet). I was struggling in finding […]
In honor of my April blog “Celebrate Life!”, I compiled a list of things you can do to actively celebrate the life you are living right now. If you haven’t read it, check it out or simply read through the list below. There should be something for everyone! Celebrate Your Health Photo by Dose Juice on Unsplash Donate canned or shelf stable food that doesn’t fit into your lifestyle any more to an organization that […]
Read about my recent PCOS diagnosis and how it has fueled my health journey. 10 minutes.
In January, I prayerfully sat down and wrote out my blog post schedule along with monthly topics and outlined writing plans for the year trying to really listen to what I was called to write. I was excited about 2019 and ready to really lean into my Chicky-Mama blog. Little did I know that the next three months (especially March) was going to hit me like a ton of bricks. What started out to be […]
As a stay at home mom, I’ve found that the days go easier if they are kept relatively full. Toddlers, or at least my toddler, start acting like POWs when spending more than 6 hours at home. My toddler is happiest when we are outside, playing with friends or in a new environment. This gets increasingly difficult as the temperature starts to drop. In Colorado, the weather in the fall can be kind of unpredictable, […]
Fall is my favorite season. Have I mentioned that enough, yet? Here in Colorado the temperature has really taken a dip (I don’t think it went above 40 degrees yesterday!) and that gets me in the mood for one thing: soup. I think I’ve made about 6 giant pots since fall first started and I have plans to make at least four more with all the harvest my family has been blessed with! That means […]
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