Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A few years ago I was serving in child care on one condition- I would only be with the babies and toddlers. I was not qualified for more. I was not a preacher, I did not go to bible school. But as I sat in circle time with the three and four year olds, I…

Go check the mail. It’s so silly, checking your mail.. many times a day, but I’ll let you in on a secret- it’s okay if it’s silly. I think back to when I moved into my one bedroom apartment. It was a new season in my life that I wasn’t use to. New baby, new…

Today, my four year old told me she wanted a bra. A BRA. I was taken aback and thought to myself “is that what she really wanted for school?” and then she followed up with “like my sister!”. Overalls. Avery wants OVERALLS. That doesn’t have anything to do with this post, I just thought you…

I am raising two brave girls. Two caring girls. Two courageous girls. Two kind girls. Two loving girls. Two inclusive girls. I am raising two kind girls. When I think about my four year old going to school in the fall, I stress myself out at the fact that she will be out my possession…

RED. I’m not a red person usually, I usually like blue, pink, teal- not red. It’s not a bad color, it’s just not my first choice- but when I moved into my first rent house, someone gave me a red microwave. I thought to myself “Red? I most definitely do not want to do my…

I love being a mom. It is 100% my thing. I love the title beyond words. Also, I want to be THAT mom. The stay at home mom. The Pinterest mom. The perfect house mom. The “we don’t do screen time (L O L) mom. The Elf on a Shelf mom. The patient, loving, never…

This morning, I was listening to Rachel Hollis for the first time in months. I’m not going to lie, I had stopped listening to her podcast- not because I didn’t like it, but because I felt like I was in an incredibly different place than her. She is a girl boss with hustle like no…

It’s not easy. It takes a lot of compromise, patience, understanding, and remembering that our kiddo is the only factor that is important when making most decisions. Her dad and I have made it a point since she was born to make her first. If we’re arguing, we know that Avery is the most important…

I remember thinking “when it rains, it pours”. If something bad was going to happen, it would happen now. Looking back, that attitude was so destructive for my mindset and I constantly wonder to myself that if I would have had a more “glass half full” mindset, would it have helped? O mean come on,…