Mellix Life

Category: motherhood

  • How God Speaks To Me

    I was driving home from the grocery store the other night with Aaron in the back seat. An old Boys II Men song popped in my head so I randomly belted out…

  • How to raise a teenager…hold on sir…you are only eight!

    The last week or so has been interesting. My oldest turned eight years old. He no longer has the adorable infant, toddler, or even preschool character traits. He is growing up into a handsome young man. Awkwardly handsome as his teeth have been falling out left and right…but a good lookin’ kid. I remember when…

  • Do you want me to be happy?

    Aaron: “Mama…do you want me to be happy?” Me: “Yes.” Aaron: “Well…you’re not letting me play ABCya! and that doesn’t make me happy! WWWWAAAAHHHHH!!! He throws himself on the bed with his face slammed into the pillow. Being four years old is such a struggle.

  • My Big Thumb Toe

    I was sitting down on my dining room floor surrounded by mountains of dirty clothes. I mustered up the energy to drag it all out of the laundry room in an effort to sort by category like normal moms. The outer layer of my cage was an assortment of baskets. The laundry needed to be done and I was not motivated. Me:…

  • How to tell your child needs more structure

    I was sitting just a few rows back from the front in church this evening.

  • Can you wipe my butt please?

    Can you wipe my butt please?

    I’m trying to scrape something together for dinner. I have a headache. It’s Monday. My 4 year old calls out from the potty… Aaron: Mama! Do we have an emergency room? Me: Where? Aaron: In our house? Me: No. The emergency room is at the hospital. Aaron: What if I hurt too bad? Me: We’ll…

  • Top 10 reasons my kids won’t go to sleep

    Tonight was our mid-week Bible study so we get home pretty late. Isaiah was already drooling shortly after the lesson began and stumbled on to bed when we got home.