Stephanie Enger-Moreland
Turning 40
40. The big 4-0. 40th birthday. I officially hit 40 at the end of August, and people should write books about the mind game of being a woman and mother entering her forties.
Turning 40...
I’d Rather Go to the OBGYN
About three weeks ago, I went to the dentist for my regular cleaning and heard the dreaded words, “You have a cavity.” UGH! The cavity was three years in the making, stemming from a...
The Last Moments
What if it was the last moment in a particular place, and you didn’t even know it? Would you change how it would go, step into that moment a little longer? Take more pictures?...
My Son’s First Heartbreak
The school year was off and running. Here we are, he’s finally in Kindergarten! I marveled at how well he was doing in the first few days. My son no longer had me to...
Parents are #teamnosleep
#teamnosleep ... the team that drafts us all.
The sound of the door handle wakes me from a dead sleep. It's really the only thing that can send my eyelids wide open. The soft patter...
Work from Home Mom
Being a work from home mom can require serious flexibility.
Back in the spring, I took a job working remotely for a national organization. I had worked at an office primarily, and from home periodically...
How Divorce Shaped my View of Marriage
When I was 10, my parents explained to me, my brother, and my sister they were separating. We sat in our living room, in a new home we had lived in barely 5 months,...
Facing my Mental Health
Our mental health is too fragile not to protect.
Something was wrong. I was angry. I was hurting. I was grieving. I was burnt out. I knew I had to make a change, so I...
Friends + Human Connection
Remember when we were in grade school and making friends was as easy as asking someone to play with you? Or just to sit with them at lunch?
For me, I changed schools in grade...