The Graceful Olive

Overcoming Overwhelm & Pursuing Purpose

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  • Had double ear infection while taking these pics and I didn’t even know 🤦‍♀️. It’s her first one ever which is great but I hate that she’s sick at all. When she finished chemo (almost 4 years ago now 🙌) she was on broad spectrum antibiotics for a year. I was TERRIFIED when she came off them because I just assumed she would catch everything! I remember calling her oncologists when she got her first cold totally freaking out. They let me bring her in and checked her out just to make me feel better. Lord knows how I love that group of people. They let me do this a few more times before they gently gave me the boot and told me that it was time to treat her like a normal, healthy, little girl and take her to a regular pediatrician when she was sick. We found an amazing pediatrician who did a lot of hand holding for me in the beginning too. These days I have a lot less fear. I don’t automatically assume everything is cancer anymore. I try not to hover. To ask 15 questions about every bruise and scratch. But I’d be lying if I said the questions didn’t still go through my mind. The what if’s. I wonder if there will ever be a time when an ear infection will just be an ear infection in my mind. If there will be a time where even to myself I can think of her as the normal, healthy child that everyone assured me she is. But then again that’s motherhood isn’t it? Worrying about everything so our kids don’t have to? Shouldering as much fear and anxiety as possible so our children can stay innocent and carefree as long as they can? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #momofthree #singlewifelife #girlmom #siblinghoodlove #sistersister #springiscoming #documentyourdays #stopdropandmom #parenthood_unveiled #motherhoodalive #mommyhood #sahm #pixel_kids #floridalife #thesugarjar #cancersucks #kidsgetcancertoo #pediatriccancerawareness #livethelittlethings #valentines #mylittlevalentine #survivor #myhappycapture #everydaymoments #seekmoments #heaventhrumylens
  • Parenting is hard! Like real hard. I used to think that the newborn days were tough with my first born. If I could go back to her and whisper “take all the naps” I would! Those days I was struggling to find my identity as a SAHM and these days I’m just trying to stay alive 😂. But when the house is quiet and everyone is sleeping I can feel it deep in my bones that I’m doing a great job. No matter how hard and long the days are the end result will always be worth it! .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #momofthree #singlewifelife #girlmom #siblinghoodlove #sistersister #springiscoming #documentyourdays #stopdropandmom #parenthood_unveiled #motherhoodalive #mommyhood #sahm #pixel_kids #floridalife #thesugarjar #stopdropandmom #ohheymama #pursuepretty #heaventhrumylens #seekmoments #makeitblissful #myeverydaymagic #simplemoments #alittlebeautyeveryday #littlemomentsinmotherhood #myeverydaymagic #myhappycapture #childhoodeveryday #everydaymoments
  • This is me. Wrestling with Monday morning like let’s see who ends up on top 😂. ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #momofthree #singlewifelife #girlmom #siblinghoodlove #sistersister #springiscoming #documentyourdays #stopdropandmom #parenthood_unveiled #motherhoodalive #mommyhood #sahm #pixel_kids #floridalife #thesugarjar #wecollectmemories #alwaysanadventure #loveyourtimetogether #motherhoodintheraw #ohheymama #cameramom #howyouglow #letthembelittle #motherhoodalive #dailyparenting #momentsinmotherhood #honestmotherhood #watchthemgrow #illuminatechildhood #worldoflittles
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  • It might be raining here in Florida today but it’s icing in St. Louis... which is where my husband it 😭 I needed him home like yesterday and flights are getting canceled all over the place. Fingers crossed that he makes it home today. ..... Meanwhile my big girls are stir crazy (see my stories) and baby Juniper just wants to be held 🤷‍♀️. #lordgivemestrenght . . . . . . . . . . #rainraingoaway #momofthree #singlewifelife #girlmom #siblinghoodlove #sistersister #springiscoming #documentyourdays #stopdropandmom #parenthood_unveiled #motherhoodalive #mommyhood #sahm #pixel_kids #brandrepping #shopsmall #shophandmade #floridalife #thesugarjar #simplelife #makeyousmilestyle #howyouglow #pursuepretty #letthembelittle #cameramom #siblinglove #treasurelittlememories #instagood #motherhoodintheraw
  • Lazy Sunday mornings are my favorite. I mean I would have preferred to sleep in a little later than 5:15 but #momlife 🤷‍♀️ ...... My husband has been gone all week and we are so excited for him to finally get home today! Having a husband who travels for work and three small children is a struggle. We make it work and I appreciate the life we are able to live but I miss him. A lot. The kids miss him. A lot. The big girls ask every day if this is the day daddy comes home. “How many more sleeps mommy?” Thankfully the answer is TODAY and no more sleeps! ...... How do y’all deal with traveling husbands? . . . . . . . #documentyourdays #gatherandtend #writeyouonmyheart #modernfarmhouse #thesincerestoryteller #livethelittlethings #kidslivehere #theheartcaptured #thenarrativesociety #happyspace #homebody #happyhome #darlingmoment #lifewellcaptured #ohheymama #sahmlife #motherhoodinspired #parenting_moments #lifeathome #happyhome #tinyseasons #motherhoodandme
  • If this isn’t a capture of childhood I don’t know what is. A little girl, running wild, no cares what anyone else thinks. Imagination running wild, being her own independent little person but still needing to take a moment to check in with mom.. make sure I’m still there. To help. Encourage. Love. Whatever it is her little heart needs in that moment. ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #momlife #momblog #momcommunity #motherhoodrising #motherhoodthroughinstagram #momsofinstagram #unitedinmotherhood #momlifeisthebestlife #mommyblogger #momstyle #mommygoals #ohheymama #justmomlife #honestlymothering #momblogger #honestmomconfessions #motherhoodunplugged #honestmotherhood #ig_motherhood #bestofmom #parenthood_unveiled #dailyparenting #momentsinmotherhood #joyfulmamas #mynameismama #illuminatechildhood #stopdropandmom #watchthemgrow #worldoflittles