The Inspiring Bee

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Category: Family

  • Spiritual Lessons in the Parenthood Trenches

    Tweet There are things you learn as a parent you couldn’t possibly learn without kids. Funny things. Gross things. Things that if you allow yourself to be fully open and awake, can change your world forever. Things like… Thou Shall Feel Guilt but do it anyway. Everything you do or don’t do will be scrutinized….

  • Mourning Motherhood

    Tweet Motherhood strips everything away. You leave humility behind in pregnancy and there’s no going back. The person you are now is a thin shadow of who you thought you were. You may have spent a substantial amount of your adulthood figuring out your identity. That’s discarded when you become a parent. You’re forced to say…

  • Quick and Easy Organizing Tips

    Tweet Whenever I’m pinching my fingers to close a stroller or frantically searching for a cover from one of the gazillion bottles my sons have, I secretly scorn the creator. Who would think of things that make a mom’s life harder?! And that’s when I look for ways to make my life easier. Here are two things…

  • Surviving Airplane Travel With a Toddler and an Infant

    Tweet I’m fresh off of my ten day trip and wanted to share what helped ease the pain of traveling with two babies. I scoured the internet for weeks before my vacation. I found information on air travel with a toddler and air travel with an infant, but none for both. Maybe because many parents…

  • The Things They Teach Us

    Tweet If anyone told you that one day you would endure hours of physical pain, mindless work and emotional struggle all with little hope of continuous sleep, you would think they were talking about imprisonment or self-torture. But many of choose this life when we become mothers. And surprisingly, we want to do it again,…

  • You Know You’re a Mother When…

    Tweet   This title is kind of ridiculous because once you’re pregnant, you can’t really be in denial any longer. With that being said, there are a few funny tell-tale signs that signal a giant shift from life without kids to life with kids that all moms will appreciate. So without further ado. Here’s how you…

  • What I Would Tell the Disheveled Mom With Her Screaming Kids

    Tweet If this were B.K. or before kids, I would try to avert my eyes and run. Mommy meltdowns and blood curdling screams from tantrumy kids made my skin crawl. It’s one of the reasons why I thought I would never have kids. Fast-forward three years. I’m running through Target like a contestant on Guy…