thoughts – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Midweek thoughts. (I’m tempted to call them ‘confessions’ but I’m not sure they’re that juicy.) /post/2015/03/18/midweek-thoughts/ /post/2015/03/18/midweek-thoughts/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2015 05:37:00 +0000 http://c0526da5-56d2-4ca3-a39d-92833db1c3cc If we were to grab coffee for 30 minutes, this is what I’d spend my portion of our conversation telling you: | I’m so glad Tim is mainly responsible for sleep training Clara. I can listen to her crying only … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/03/18/midweek-thoughts/feed/ 11 Feeling some (messy) things, thinking some (messy) things. /post/2015/02/02/thoughts2/ /post/2015/02/02/thoughts2/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2015 05:31:00 +0000 http://2f8091f6-4d01-46cb-b811-b8bb827d815f It’s so easy to think of things that aren’t going well at any given moment.  I will be the first to admit that I get lost in my thoughts of what I want to improve and how I want to … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/02/02/thoughts2/feed/ 0 100 days of motherhood – what I’m thinking. /post/2014/10/22/100-days/ /post/2014/10/22/100-days/#respond Wed, 22 Oct 2014 20:27:00 +0000 http://26e10f5a-27d2-4e73-ba43-180de1418393 Tomorrow is Thursday!  (Confession: I just wrote ‘Tomorrow is almost Thursday’ and then I realized that tomorrow is actually Thursday and that makes the week seem like it’s going even faster! Did that make sense to anyone other than me or … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/10/22/100-days/feed/ 0 Things that are in my head and on my heart. /post/2014/08/21/current-events-2/ /post/2014/08/21/current-events-2/#respond Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:30:00 +0000 http://2a7ba31d-9ff2-4a74-9b70-59853a1e2a16 Sometimes I think that I focus on too many ‘small’ things and not enough ‘big’ things on my blog and on social media. I tend to do more writing about my own life and less on my opinions about what … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/08/21/current-events-2/feed/ 0 I often wonder what I’ve gotten myself into. /post/2014/08/07/3-weeks/ /post/2014/08/07/3-weeks/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2014 05:00:00 +0000 http://25d3fa62-23bf-461c-a842-85568a41f83e Motherhood is a strange thing. I feel like myself, but different somehow. In the beginning it was possible to have moments where I’d kind of forget I was a mom. Like when Clara would sleep for four hours straight and … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/08/07/3-weeks/feed/ 0 Thoughts from the end of the third trimester. /post/2014/07/06/third-trimester-thoughts/ /post/2014/07/06/third-trimester-thoughts/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2014 07:00:00 +0000 http://c4ec7b6b-b9bf-4616-ba49-a93d65090aed Do you know what I’ve realized over the last few weeks? That trimesters in pregnancy don’t really make sense. I mean, okay, the first trimester makes sense. It’s filled with nausea and fatigue and mainly feelings of sickness. The second … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/07/06/third-trimester-thoughts/feed/ 13 I’m feeling a bit one-dimensional. /post/2014/06/23/my-mind-is-on-pregnancy/ /post/2014/06/23/my-mind-is-on-pregnancy/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2014 05:30:00 +0000 http://15e288d3-bc32-4594-aeca-546033b890df Here’s the thing: it’s getting harder to write blog posts that are not completely pregnancy-centric, so I’m just going to put that out there and hope you (as a reader) will be understanding of that until this baby falls out … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/06/23/my-mind-is-on-pregnancy/feed/ 0 What I think about when I’m watching the Olympics. /post/2014/02/20/what-i-think-about-when-im-watching-the-olympics/ /post/2014/02/20/what-i-think-about-when-im-watching-the-olympics/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2014 06:10:00 +0000 http://4d05a027-c4cd-4822-befe-16ab5e6caf35 I’m not ashamed to tell you that when the Olympics are on I pretty much shut myself up in the apartment and cancel all social plans and do nothing but watch all events I can possibly watch. If I could … Continue reading →

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