Guest Blogger
Kristin Hackman
Kristin Hackman is a writer and blogger living in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, Scott, and toddler triplets - Quinn, Harper and Gracie, age 20 months. She is founder of JustBreatheMama.com, a website created for women navigating the culture shock of motherhood. Kristin writes with the voice of a woman that has battled infertility, a high risk pregnancy, a crazy first year of raising triplets and the hormonal ups and downs of postpartum anxiety. Hence, “Just Breathe, Mama.”
Her writing offers practical advice to mothers wishing to connect with other mothers, and gives gentle nudges to “get off their lonely island.” Believing in mental-spiritual-physical balance as a pathway to healthy parenting, she discusses how to nourish the body and mind, and gives reminders to accept themselves as they are. You will find humor in her sometimes daily misadventures with triplets, easy and wholesome recipes for a busy mother as well as real life tips on how to de-stress - in the form of meditation, stretches and physical activity examples.
She is a certified Pilates instructor and avid yoga student, believing movement tied to breath is the best form of stress relief for a busy body and mind. She also loves to find nourishment at the table and is dedicated to teaching her family about the joy of food through local and organic food sources. She loves to watch her kids enjoy life and learns everyday that simplicity, accepting imperfection and slowing down are the secrets to life.
You can visit her website and inspirational blog at JustBreatheMama.com.
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Teach Your Children Well
It’s noon on a Sunday. It’s a blue sky and white puffy cloud type of day. We, as in me and the three, are on our way home from a delightfully unorganized play date with triplets three weeks our senior. It was like two cowboys walking into a saloon fresh out of a gun fight. [...]
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Bridges
I was a Girl Scout “daisy” when I was a little girl, still wet behind the ears. It must have been kindergarten or 1st grade. When I got a little older, it was time to ceremoniously and publicly, cross the wooden bridge from daisy status to BROWNIE magic. The title of “Brownie” meant a higher [...]
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The List
There are many days I will call my husband and say, “I did it again. I crossed something off the list.” I will then confess that I once again gave in to one of the items on the list. The “ I will never let my kids do this- because I will be a GOOD [...]
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Frustration
Breakfast had been served, milks polished off and shoes put on in anticipation of being thrown off in mid air from car seats, while watching Mickey…again. I take Baby A, the boy, and carry him out to the van, as the girls flirt with diving off the laundry steps into the garage. Funny, they always [...]
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How does your child compare?
It was May of 2010 when the ultrasound tech declared with nervous hands and an unsteady voice, “there are three heartbeats.” And ever since that day, we have put those three heartbeats on a pedestal. The only problem is, when you line up three pedestals, you can’t help but compare the wood, the height and [...]
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