5 Tips to Transition Your Home to Spring

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Happy spring! I don’t know about you, but we’ve had a rough past few weeks to end the winter — sickness galore has abounded in our home. With much of the illness behind us, I’m ready to welcome springtime and freshen up our home!

Spring always evokes a sense of cleanliness, freshness, and a sense of newness. These are the senses that I try to pull into my home as I transition for this new season. So for today’s blog post, I wanted to share five tips to transition your home for spring.

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Happy National Working Moms Day! Being a lawyer, board member, and mother of four isn’t easy. There’s always a tension between my professional life and my motherhood — a win in one role often means I took a loss in the other role. A long day of crushing it at work means I missed seeing four smiling faces that day. Volunteering at the girls’ schools means missing out on client-facing events.

Even though there’s tension, I’m a better person for it. I don’t think I could be as good of a lawyer without the skills motherhood gave me, and I think there’s incredible value for my daughters to see me, a Black woman, pursue professional dreams in this space.

So I’m spending this National Working Moms Day in gratitude for this journey. Cheers to all you working mamas out there — you’re doing great! ...

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My one and only slow dance partner. My favorite co-chef, theologian, frisbee partner, debater, and girl dad captain. The best to ever do it.

My love, my forever Valentine. ...

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This is 34 🩷 it’s my birthday!

I am grateful for these 34 years — for my body that has carried my 4 girls (having the last 3 in the last four(!) years), for my mind pushing through depression and anxiety, and for my heart still full of resilience and dreams.

I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot, but without Jesus it all means nothing. So, I’m most thankful that He has walked with me, and carried me. I’m really excited to keep going with Him for the rest of my days.

#birthdaygirl #thisis34 ...

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Anyone else trying to figure out how to get their toddlers to eat more fruits and veg? Enter: @littlebellies Organic Frozen Purées! I ran to Target to grab to grab all five flavors! They’re frozen cubes thawed quickly so that I can throw them into sauces, make popsicles, or serve them as sis for a quick snack! I can’t wait for Worthy to try them when she’s ready!

Find them at your local @target! Let me know if you loved them, too!

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Doing dishes for my family of six (!) used to involve water everywhere, soap rings, and soggy sponges. Who knew a sink caddy and a fast drying rack would bring so much order to my countertop and sink?

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Breastfeeding routine with my one month old ft. @jackandjillkids 🩷

I’ve breastfed all my kids and I’ve always been advised to wipe their gums after nursing — clean and healthy gums help to make sure that their teeth are strong and healthy when they come through! It’s so cool that there are wipes for parents now from Jack N’ Jill— sterilized, individually wrapped, natural, and made with xylitol!

Happy mouth, happy baby!

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Happy National Working Moms Day! Being a lawyer, board member, and mother of four isn’t easy. There’s always a tension between my professional life and my motherhood — a win in one role often means I took a loss in the other role. A long day of crushing it at work means I missed seeing four smiling faces that day. Volunteering at the girls’ schools means missing out on client-facing events. Even though there’s tension, I’m a better person for it. I don’t think I could be as good of a lawyer without the skills motherhood gave me, and I think there’s incredible value for my daughters to see me, a Black woman, pursue professional dreams in this space. So I’m spending this National Working Moms Day in gratitude for this journey. Cheers to all you working mamas out there — you’re doing great!

Happy National Working Moms Day! Being a lawyer, board member, and mother of four isn’t easy. There’s always a tension between my professional life and my motherhood — a win in one role often means I took a loss in the other role. A long day of crushing it at work means I missed seeing four smiling faces that day. Volunteering at the girls’ schools means missing out on client-facing events.

Even though there’s tension, I’m a better person for it. I don’t think I could be as good of a lawyer without the skills motherhood gave me, and I think there’s incredible value for my daughters to see me, a Black woman, pursue professional dreams in this space.

So I’m spending this National Working Moms Day in gratitude for this journey. Cheers to all you working mamas out there — you’re doing great! ...

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