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What If You Don’t Love Being a Mom?

January 30, 2019 By Ashley McKeown 4 Comments

What if you don’t love being a mom?

Those words rolled around in my head for days, maybe even weeks before I gathered enough courage to type them in the Google search bar. I thought my frustration and sadness was just a result of long days spent with a screaming baby, so I waited for my feelings to change. If I didn’t type those words, they wouldn’t be true, right?

Tears filled my eyes when I finally caved and searched out answers, praying I wasn’t alone. I needed to know that I wasn’t a heartless monster. I needed to see if other moms felt the same way. [Read more…] about What If You Don’t Love Being a Mom?

How To Choose Your Word Of The Year

December 26, 2018 By Ashley McKeown 2 Comments

I really don’t like New Year’s resolutions.

I’m a pretty practical and realistic person, and while I do have personal goals, I know my limits. I know that setting a goal to read the entire Bible in a whole year, lose XX lbs, or run a marathon with no experience is setting myself up for failure. I’m not saying that these things are impossible or unattainable, and I do think it’s important to dream big. But I also know what I want in life and how hard it can be to fall short of my goals.