Proceed with caution, I’m letting you in to hear my inner voice and it’s going to tell you I’m a lazy mom. As I write, I am sitting in my […]

Caregiving, StaceyFH

July 15, 2021

Why I blog

Care for the caregivers

Stacey aka WillowjakMama

Mommy Blogging The answer is simple – I want people to care for the caregivers. But I’ll get to that. I’ve been blogging for a while now. Since 2005 I […]

I was recently watching something online or maybe it was a show that had two men having a conversation, contemplating whether or not they were willing to go to therapy. […]

Single parenting is truly not given the credit it deserves. Single parenting for people who don’t have circles of support even more so. Single parenting children with disabilities? That’s something […]

I don’t think I have ever known how to just ‘be’ as a mom. I’m grasping to find the words here, but what I want to describe, is the feeling, […]

I wasn’t well, so I started this blog. I called it the Journey to Wellness. Part of the journey has been the discovery that wellness doesn’t have to simply mean […]

Reflections, StaceyFH

April 13, 2021

Losing our Story-Keepers

Stacey aka WillowjakMama

Recently, my family said goodbye to the last of a generation. I experienced my first and hopefully last, live-streamed funeral service. I am so grateful that we had that opportunity […]

StaceyFH

April 9, 2021

Willowjak has some growing up to do

Stacey aka WillowjakMama

Some of you have been with us since the beginning. We started out with a little goal to create a platform to share our stories with the hope that it […]

They are so needy They need so much exercise They chew on everything They make too much noise They make a mess of the yard They ruin the floors They […]

Caregiving, Disability, StaceyFH

March 15, 2021

Reality vs Social Media

Stacey aka WillowjakMama

I was surfing Instagram this weekend and was inspired by a post I saw, where a gorgeous influencer was espousing body positivity by showing her bikini, made-up photos before-and after […]

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