by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | May 28, 2021 | Endurance, Personal Growth, When life is Hard
This May I dedicated my blog to living motherhood as a calling. I spent some time revisiting past posts in which I have reflected on what motherhood has taught me, what makes it beautiful, and what makes it hard. Many days are hard. Most days are messy. Post-Partum...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Jun 13, 2020 | Personal Growth, Relationship with God |
In many respects I am the last person who should ever be writing about this topic. God as Father? Childlike faith has almost always had an impossible and, if we are being perfectly honest, even slightly repulsive ring to it in my mind. My whole childhood I LONGED to...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Apr 25, 2020 | Personal Growth, Relationship with God |
Parenthood. My calling. For the longest time I couldn’t decide how I felt about that… 6 kids in, maybe I am finally starting to get it. I never planned on being a mother. I never envisioned kids, chaos, or constantly feeding people. That wasn’t my dream…...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Apr 25, 2020 | Self-Acceptance
I’m not going to lie, up until pretty much writing this post, I’ve resented being a mother. People tell me, “Just enjoy it, they grow up so fast” …but all I feel is my blood starting to boil a little bit. I’m not saying I regret having children, because I don’t. I...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Nov 29, 2017 | Relationship with God, When life is Hard
I have been trying too hard. Yep, I’m a perfectionist. I’ve struggled with perfectionism every single day since I can remember… I have been trying to be the best mom in the world. I have been trying to have the most desirable website in the world. I...