One of my biggest fears in motherhood and life is that my children will outgrow me and our family (that's why we have so many kids HAHA.... kidding!!). I know it's sort of irrational and that many people have the opposite fear (Dads): that their kids will never leave home. But in these long days of motherhood when I feel all the #momguilt for the occasional misstep or disappointment I feel this unbearable feeling that my kiddos are going to grow up and not want to be here a

The other day, my mom arrived for a visit. As usual, she brought with her some treasures: gifts from her recent trip to Mexico, Max's forgotten jacket, and a bag of old photographs from a recent storage shed clean out. I grew up with old photo albums full of our childhood memories at our fingertips, but when Mom and Dad moved circa 2008, the albums were packed away and stored and haven't been seen since. It's weird to think that my husband and my children have never seen me