It's mothers day, and I must say as I sit here and look at all these mothers posting pictures with their kids on social media, I have to think that I have figured the system out. Here is the deal I already spend every freaking day with my kids. We homeschool, and work from home. … Continue reading A Mothers Day Post
I was going to begin by apologizing for my lack of follow through with posting as of late. And then I was going to apologize because my last post was missing half its content. And then I thought about it and decided that I don't need to apologize for being where I am at in … Continue reading A Hot Mess Check In
Maybe scavengers isn't the right word... but it has a certain ring to it. I was contemplating the right terminology for describing my life with my husband and the kind of people that we just are. The stuff that seems to be the very substance of our being. And scavenger is what I came up … Continue reading Scavengers From The Beginning
For the past 6 months I have really been delving deep into the ideas of family trauma. Something about living close to my family again and now being painfully aware of where a lot of my lesser tendencies stem from. Things that in the past I tried to justify as normal behavior I now see … Continue reading For Fear Of Being A Witch
I have always had the vague notion that me and my husband could do anything we wanted. Prior to 2020 we had done things such as: drive from VT to Colorado in 24 hours, navigate the rainforests of Costa Rica without a GPS (eff you Hertz Costa Rica edition that tried to charge me 550$ … Continue reading Romance in Difficult Times
We all know the drill. A mother is all the things, does all the things, and knows all the things. To be fair, before my foray into procreation I already had quite the resume. Things like backcountry trail crew worker, biker bar waitress, nanny, estate appraisals, and barista littered the pages of my professional references. … Continue reading A Mothers Resume
In making brunch this morning, I realized how long it has been since I wrote for The Hot Mess Homestead. Admittedly since beginning a more "professional" blog for my new business it is harder to find the time to write the things that center around my family and my home life. Not to mention that … Continue reading Laying A Foundation Stone
To the child that made me a mother, I was resigned to not write a blog post this week. I am exhausted after a long month, after a long season, after a long year. But it's your birthday and with my heart full of love my fingers will not rest. As I browsed the aisles … Continue reading A Letter To My First Born
We all come from different backgrounds, life circumstances, religions, and dispositions. Depending on the family you were born into or the place you were born can have drastic implications on the person you become... if you let it. I was born into a low income family with a schizophrenic con man for a father, and … Continue reading From Inner City Latch Key Kid To A Professional Yogi
This year the holidays are just different. My obnoxious seasonal jubilation seems to be boxed away in our storage unit with just about everything else we own. The kids are suffering having been displaced, promised a visit to go "home" to visit for the holidays that couldn't happen, and all of the physical markers and … Continue reading Same Holidays Different Year
