The Undem Family Adventures

Do Kindness, Recklessly. Follow along on our adventures, find recipes and activities, crafts, and positivity

If Walls Could Talk

If my childhood walls could talk, they’d tell the story of fear. They’d tell the story of fights and harsh words, of broken-hearted kids and emotional manipulation. If my childhood walls could talk, they’d share the cycle of calm to violence, of shattered trust and unkept promises. If my childhood walls could talk, what they’d […]

2021

I don’t think there are quite any words to sum up what the last year has been. 2017 made me a fiancé. 2018 made me a wife. 2019 broke me down mentally and I’ve been fighting to claw back from that. I found out I was pregnant, cut toxic family out of my life, and […]

Pranamat ECO Massage Mat

As a full-time working mom and a mommy blogger, you could say I have a lot of stress on my plate. I tend to carry that stress through my shoulders and back. I LOVE visiting my preferred massage therapist at Take 5 Massage here in Dickinson, but sometimes I need to release that tension in […]

5 Things I Wish I Knew About Labor & Delivery Before I Was In Labor

I never dreamed that I was going to be a mom, so when it happened I was understandably SCARED. I was unprepared. I didn’t have a good relationship with my mother and didn’t feel like I was going to be a good mom. I was stressed about everything but I was SUPER stressed about delivery. […]

Drowning On Dry Land

Have you ever felt like you can barely tread water? I mean this metaphorically, of course; I can swim–not well, but I can keep myself afloat. This is more like, treading water while trying to hold an awkward and heavy weight all while keeping your head above the waves. The thing about trauma is your […]

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