#joy

Aug 16, 20193 min read

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, 20193 min read

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, 20183 min read

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, 20184 min read

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, 20182 min read

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, 20182 min read

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, 20182 min read

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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Sometimes you just have to stop and cuddle.

Lauren Wiatrek

Dec 17, 20173 min read

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, 20174 min read

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, 20175 min read

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, 20176 min read

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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