imperfection – 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 Christmas chaos (also: the time I almost canceled the holiday.) /post/2016/12/29/snowshoeing-at-gold-creek-pond/ /post/2016/12/29/snowshoeing-at-gold-creek-pond/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:36:37 +0000 /?p=7120 It’s taken me this long to do a Christmas recap not because I’m busy, but because it has taken me days and days to recover from the entire fiasco that was our holiday this year. You see, I had such … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/12/29/snowshoeing-at-gold-creek-pond/feed/ 14 Practicing Apologies /post/2016/08/03/apologies/ /post/2016/08/03/apologies/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:04:52 +0000 /?p=6642 I find myself apologizing a lot now that I’m a mom. Probably because God made me a mom without including the necessary patience to go along with it. How can I even get mad at these faces?! (Trust me, it’s possible.) … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/08/03/apologies/feed/ 12 Another one of those days (with two under two) /post/2016/07/20/one-of-those-days/ /post/2016/07/20/one-of-those-days/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:40:50 +0000 /?p=6801 (The title isn’t even true anymore. Now I have two kids two-and-under but it just doesn’t have the same ring to it and I’m trying to prove a point, darnit. Or maybe I’m just in denial. Whatever, I have two babies and … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/07/20/one-of-those-days/feed/ 8 Slippers and sunburns and general chaos /post/2016/07/01/mom-life/ /post/2016/07/01/mom-life/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:41:26 +0000 /?p=6720 I am totally winning at this mom thing today. The day started out so well. We had plans to go to a friend’s house so I got the girls ready and we were just sitting around waiting to walk out … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/07/01/mom-life/feed/ 6 Taking My Driving Test… Again. /post/2016/04/26/driving-test/ /post/2016/04/26/driving-test/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:12:35 +0000 /?p=6576 Do you know what I never thought I would need to do again? Take a driving test. I thought that taking a driving test was a one-time thing I would need to get through at the age of 16 and … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/04/26/driving-test/feed/ 17 Things I Want To Tell My Pregnant Friends /post/2016/03/08/things-i-want-to-tell-my-pregnant-friends/ /post/2016/03/08/things-i-want-to-tell-my-pregnant-friends/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:53:45 +0000 /?p=6461 A few of my mom friends were chatting about pregnant women the other day (everyone I know is pregnant. Everyone.) and we were talking about how when we see first-time pregnant women we all kind of smile and nod and say … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/03/08/things-i-want-to-tell-my-pregnant-friends/feed/ 20 Love is a Choice /post/2016/02/15/love-is-a-choice/ /post/2016/02/15/love-is-a-choice/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:27:32 +0000 /?p=6346 Over the past 19+ months, I’ve been surprised both with how easily motherhood has come to me, and how difficult it’s been to adjust to this new-ish role at the same time. For instance, I thought I would fall in … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/02/15/love-is-a-choice/feed/ 22 Traumatized Before We Even Began (Adventures in Potty Training) /post/2016/01/11/potty-training-fail/ /post/2016/01/11/potty-training-fail/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:14:26 +0000 /?p=6203 Me (via text): I traumatized Clara today. Call me when you have a chance. Tim calls me a while later. Tim: What’s wrong?! Lisa: Well, we got Clara’s big girl potty today in the mail, so I thought I would … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/01/11/potty-training-fail/feed/ 8 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 I thought motherhood would make me feel less confident, but I’ve found the opposite to be true. /post/2015/01/20/confidence/ /post/2015/01/20/confidence/#respond Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:45:00 +0000 http://5eb403ab-0357-4a87-9601-df9f0eadc653 One of the unanticipated side effects of motherhood has been newly found confidence. Not that I wasn’t confident before, but motherhood has grown my confidence exponentially. I think it’s because I’m finally an expert in something. I mean, I may … Continue reading →

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