My kids and I were venturing through sunny San Jose yesterday. Just a typical 30-minute commute to get to the other side of the city to the ultimate destination- the park. Usually our drives involve calling out airplanes, playing “I Spy”, or violently singing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” to calm Liam. This ride was quiet; quiet and peaceful until I heard a question from the back. It was my almost five-year-old son. “Mom, do you think God can defeat Ultron?” My son, Camden, is incredibly curious. He wants to know what things are, how they work, and why they work that way. He’s my artist and engineer. He’s a calm,…

Given our family’s recent relocation to California, I have been playing the role of stay-at-home momma to my three kids. I haven’t been able to obtain or even apply for a nursing job until I had an active nursing license in the state of California which I found to be a long and tedious process. But in return, I get the chance to spend the interim days at home creating adventures with my three young children.  This is the point in my story where I hand gold stars to all the stay-at-home mothers in the world. You are all amazing. So many of you do this your entire life and…