Ashley
Mama to Maddox, Walker and Finn plus three unruly dogs: Nick Carraway, Ladybird, and Charlotte. Owner of Nest, a custom painting and furniture restoration business run out of my SoKno home. I've written for Knox Moms since 2014, and have also written for The Dollywood Company, Her View From Home, and Today.com. I'm a recovering type-a personality, overcaffinated, sleep with too many pillows, am a better person near water, and love a good British period drama or anything about gruesome true crime. I'm going to die trying to pet something I shouldn't or lifting furniture I have no business lifting, and am a firm believer in convenience meals. Probably a top contender for the title of World's Okayest Mom.
I Hate Toddlers and It’s Fine
“You’ll miss this so much one day.”
“You need to cherish every moment when they’re little like this.”
“It goes so fast!”
No. No no no no no.
As the mother of a nine-year-old and seven-year-old, in addition...
I Used to Be Cool
“Haha yeahhhh, I used to be cool,” I told her. I was walking one of the dogs through the neighborhood on our normal thrice-daily route when I ran into (or rather Ladybird ran into)...
A Love Letter on Your Birthday
I had a whole other post typed out, but then I walked through the silent house and stood at your doorframe and looked at you sleeping in a pile of pillows and stuffed animals,...
For a Boy…
“You’re the kind of girl who is going to spend her whole life doing anything for a boy. This just proves it. And it isn’t selfless, it’s sickening,” someone I considered a life-long friend,...
I’ve Been Conned by KonMari
I’ve come to terms enough with my own millennial-ness to admit to you, dear readers, that I suffer from a typical amount of FOMO, or fear of missing out, on the regular. I really...
Babies, It’s Cold Outside: A Boy Mom’s Winter Manifesto
Every October, early in the month, I take an inventory of my kids’ winter clothes. Do they have enough hoodies to layer on chilly days? Do their snow boots fit? Can I squeeze one...
Dear (Holiday) Single Mama
Dear (Holiday) Single Mama,
How are you? I'm okay, I guess. If I'm being honest though, just between you and me, I wanted to ask you something: Are you sad this holiday season, mama? I...