Rebecca Heid
My name is Rebecca Walden Miller Heid. I am married to Andrew Heid, a traveling production electrician who travels 90-percent of every normal (aka non-Covid shutdown) year. We have two beautiful daughters and are so very blessed in our lives, family, work, and health.
I love living in Chattanooga and making connections here for ourselves and our children. I look forward to sharing more of my family's journey with you! Let’s figure out this motherhood thing together!
Struggling Not to Struggle
I'm struggling not to struggle right now as stressors pile up and affect how I interact with my preschooler.
I already have a difficult time parenting "in the moment" thanks to all the distractions of...
I Deserve My Picky Eater
"I know I deserve my picky four-year-old," I often find myself thinking as I'm struggling to pull together a meal that is healthier than Ritz crackers for my daughter.
I remind myself of the years...
Decoding Gift-Giving This Season
This is only our fourth Christmas as parents, so I reach December 25th wondering, as I stare at the wreckage of boxes and wrapping paper, how much is too much? Were the gifts I...
Maintaining The Holiday Presence When Parents Work
Some of my first memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas included me looking anxiously at the calendar six weeks before the big days, when my mom and dad's work schedules arrived, to see who would...
Learning to See Beyond The Disability: A Life Skill for My Daughter
There are some lessons in life that are difficult for even adults to learn. I'm not talking about conjugating verbs in French, but rather, the act of looking around at the world and seeing...
Thank You Everyone for Listening, for Caring
I am the first to recognize how precious every moment is with my daughter. With parents in a medical field, friends and acquaintances who have lost beloved children, and the general hectic nature of...
The One Thing I’d Change About my Daughter
I've been struggling lately with a parenting conundrum, and by struggling, I mean I've been a stressed-out, half-hysterical mess. What's gotten this momma bear wanting to pull out tufts of hair?
In short, school and...
Mother Clucker: Adult Language and a Toddler’s Discerning Ear
I feel like I should start this post by saying that, in regard to "inappropriate language,” I will not invalidate other parents' decisions. I simply plan to lay out my own stance in as...
Every Child Needs Their Kitty Milk…
I'm sure in my youth I noticed. I'm sure at some point in my teen years I stared at a sweetly cherubic face as he or she spoke words that sounded like words, but...
Not a Pretty Picture: Trying to Love Myself for her Sake
Hello everyone! Today's topic is self-love and how best to avoid passing that pesky self-hatred I currently feel to my beautiful, perfect, and extremely perceptive daughter.
To be clear, my daughter will be beautiful to...