We took a walk. As a family. We often do things like that. As a family. Because that’s how my husband and I grew up. Two parents. Present. Interested. Involved. Surely, one parent did more but both of our parents were parents. […]
We took a walk. As a family. We often do things like that. As a family. Because that’s how my husband and I grew up. Two parents. Present. Interested. Involved. Surely, one parent did more but both of our parents were parents. […]
When I was six, I was going to be an Artist. I remember this because I picked out an Artist-themed Nutcracker ornament from Hallmark that year. Then. For about 10 years, I wanted to be a pediatrician. Like I went […]
He walked in front of me. All the way up the hill. And I just focused on the back of his head… Held high with anticipation. We’d taken a few photos at home (of which the Middlest was clearly a […]
I’ve been struggling here and there as of late. Not continuously. As I said to my therapist, “It’s not as if I can’t or don’t want to get out of bed.” I am still grateful each morning. I still read the […]
This girl. This, is Molly. Omaha Mama. #GirlMama. Owner of Sweet P & Fi. You guys know. I sorta can’t dress. Like, if you looked in my closet, you’d think, “one of these things is not like the other…” because […]
Parenting. It’s such a mind screw, isn’t it. First, you enter into the whole idea of it with ideas of chubby, happy babies who are really just sort of accessories to the life you currently keep. A small, darling human […]
Hola hola, friends and blogosphere! I recently did a little question and answer sesh here on the ol’ bloggy blog for people who were new to reading the wacky waxing of Mama Brehm. I’m fresh off a weekend of running […]
I hugged my dad as we left. And as I stood between my mom and dad, the tears started to fall. I’m 34 years old and sometimes, like today, I still cry when I leave my mom and dad. I […]
I wrote a blog post a week or so ago about how cancer isn’t going to tell me I can’t. I waved my flag valiantly from my soapbox as I declared that ain’t no 10 month illness gonna hold me […]
We had the stomach flu here at the Brehm barn. I’ve had Cancer but I feel like I can still say, the stomach flu… blech… like, outside of diseases but inside of the grouping of minor illnesses that don’t kill you […]