Journal – Fit Mom Ashley

Mom Advice: Just Keep Smiling :)

I know it is hard to find the strength to smile when life feels like a never ending string of demands, but keep doing it. Hold your head up in confidence even if others think you should be doing it differently. You are doing your best. Believe it. You ARE enough. It is OK that…

I don’t like being a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom) – 5 Ways to Manage the Chaos!

I’ve been pretty open about my struggles to become settled in my identity as a YOUNG mom of many children. I’ve had a LONG journey on my way to learning how to love it. It hasn’t come naturally to me, nor has it come easily. I’ve had to accept my shortcomings, seek council from others…

Growing Up

I’ve had three babies in a hospital, four at home, an epidural, Pitocin, long labors and short ones. I’ve homeschooled, sent kids to public school, been in therapy, more than once… I’ve been vegan, vegetarian, I’ve eaten ‘cancer’ food and healthy food. I’ve had periods of intense emotional stress, and periods of clarity where I…

Welcome To The World Baby Jack! Baby Number 6!

I guess it’s only appropriate to start at the beginning. Not the moment my water broke, but the beginning of how you entered the outside world and started becoming a part of our family. I’ve known you were ready for our family since I was pregnant with your older brother. I saw you two in…

Rape – 10 years later

10 years ago, I was hurt by someone I had let get too close to me. He preyed on my vulnerabilities and exploited my weaknesses to serve his own desires. I fought, I tried to avoid the situation, I tried to get out of the date that lead to the events that have forever scarred…

A miscarriage or loss of a baby is never forgotten…. But it is how we remember it that matters.

I wish I had written in my journal a little more during this time. During this seventh pregnancy, I keep thinking about this loss from two years ago… I we a little concerned during my last pregnancy too. I suppose having had this experience has left a bit of uncertainty in me. It’s truly been…

Episode 3: I Don’t Want To ‘MOM’ Today!

You have those days…. the ones where you DON’T want to SHOW UP!!! Today is that day for me! My kids are fighting, my kids have totally turned off their ‘listening ears.’ It is time to stop giving in. It is time to throw out the responsibilities… it is time to just chill and watch…

Episode 1: My Story: The Turning Point – My Mother’s Attempted Suicide

I know not all of us have to watch someone attempt to take their own life. We don’t all get to see from the outside what it looks like to see into their eyes the complete will to die. What I DO know is, there is so much to be done to prevent this…