After a few hard days, my mind keeps drifting to the depression and anxiety surveys you are required to fill out after having a baby or when at a new doctors office. Trust me, as a counselor, I understand the importance of those surveys, but I just wonder how honest people can be on them. […]

In the middle of my travels this weekend, I found myself drifting off to think about my children. No surprise there. As a Mom, they are on my mind 110% of the time. I was unloading the truck, moving mattresses, and getting my family set up for a weekend at the cabin and I was […]

Being the first person in a group of siblings to have children, you often hear “oh the first grandkid!” Having the first grandchild is a big deal. There is something so special about watching your parents be grandparents. But what isn’t talked about as much, or maybe it is, and I just lived in a […]

This past weekend I stepped away from my kids for a night to listen to some live music. I thoroughly enjoyed my time yet could not wait to squeeze their little faces. People are not joking when they say Mom guilt is real. Yet my cup needs to be filled in ways besides through my […]

We were on an evening side by side ride. My daughter knows we sit down buckled when riding. Yet she decided to test the waters and stand up. She was admiring the sunset. Before telling her to sit down,  I paused to admire her. My mind started wandering… how do I keep her safe? Yet […]

I love my kids more than anything. I often say motherhood is the best, yet hardest journey I have been on and I have been through some. I want nothing but the best for my kids, but showing them and giving them the best if often so damn hard. I am starting to realize that […]

Hi! My name is Sadie Dabney. I am a small town inhabitant, school counselor, fur mama to a chocolate lab, and mama to two beautiful babies. I was three weeks into my motherhood journey when I unexpectedly lost my right-hand-man, my dad. Navigating my new chapter and postpartum hormones was difficult. I found comfort in […]