by Natalie Snapp | Aug 15, 2011 | gratitude, Mama Moments
I’m still spending time with my family as the only focus, but I had to add a little disclaimer today… I first published the following post last August. As I prepare to send my oldest child to first grade, the first time she will be away from me all day...
by Natalie Snapp | Aug 11, 2011 | Going Vertical, Mama Moments
First published on April 26, 2010 Yesterday, Spencer approached me holding a plastic bracelet that looked like it was freshly-swiped right out of his older sister’s room. It also looked like the 1,000,001 other trinkets made somewhere in Taiwan that occupy our...
by Natalie Snapp | Aug 9, 2011 | children, Mama Moments
Archives will be published here at MOF for the next two weeks while I take a little life sabbatical and focus on my family…. Originally published on my first blog on February 17, 2008 while pregnant with Spencer…. There are so many things I was not really...
by Natalie Snapp | Sep 30, 2010 | Mama Moments
So today I told you my next segment was “due” But I can’t think about writing because I have the stomach flu. I can’t keep a thing down, it’s making me frown, And I’m achy and beyond exhausted, too. I’ll write it next week,...
by Natalie Snapp | Sep 28, 2010 | Mama Moments, Susannah
Helen Magazine is a local magazine geared towards the women in my community. I am blessed to write the “Home and Family” column. Enjoy! Having been an elementary teacher in my “LBK” life (Life Before Kids) and a lover of school pretty much my entire...
by Natalie Snapp | Jul 16, 2010 | Going Vertical, Kids and Dogs, Dogs and Kids, Mama Moments, Solomon
I cried the day I found out I was pregnant with you. Sadly enough, they were not tears of joys. I realize this is a horrible way to start a letter to you on your birthday but let me explain. The ending is so very happy, so stick with me. Perhaps you won’t even...