Maggie Taylor

raising a bunch of kids in a big old farmhouse. polite emailer, silly person. not that kind of doctor. further up and further in!

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

I chose "presence" as my word for 2026. Too often I feel I am rushing between tasks and obligations, or disappearing into my phone. This year I want to BE. To be in the moments and the days and seasons. With myself when I'm alone, and more importantly when I'm with those I love.

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

Where do we think I put the kids summer sun hats? Are they in the bin labeled summer? Gonna be 90 tomorrow, I gotta step up my game and get much more summer ready

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

E. Only been to the Keys once but I really want to make it back some day.

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

You just won a 2-week, all-expenses-paid vacation to Florida. But there’s a catch: you have to stay within one region the whole time. What are you picking?

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

I'm too tired for my baby to be so very obviously not tired.

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

@XUserBlancox Wearing a few of your older brothers t-shirts and not taking expensive vacations or eating out isn't a struggle family, imo. Our oldest is only 6. They have everything they need - plenty of toys and space and we do lots of activities. It's all just within reason.

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

Hand me down clothes, sharing bedrooms, basically no daycare, public school, one short vacation a year at a state park, never eating out other than an occasional happy meal, no organized sports, two parents with full time jobs, birthday parties at home. Etc.

[sister slay @sister_slay]

How are yall affording to have all these kids?

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

@XUserBlancox What's the point of what?

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

@DuaneMilton1109 It's actually really normal I think. My oldest kid is only 6. We do plenty of activities, just not expensive things 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

@happyndwifey See, I think having all the kids in a lot of activities sound stressful! We just hang out at home and do things locally together and go visit our family with vacation time. It's really normal actually

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

@gammaraybb @HabitatFarmer Our oldest is only 6. He did basketball club this spring at school, loved it. Considering a summer soccer camp for one of the younger kids this summer.

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

@IllessenceE It's not bleak lmao. My oldest kid is only 6. We do plenty of activities and take them places and we use our vacation time to visit family.

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

As for actually *having* the kids - we have super good employer health insurance and the copay for every hospital birth has been approximately 60 bucks. Twitter helped me realize how rare that is.

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

If we have a grandparent visiting I am always, always gonna pass off the big kids so I can have a peaceful nap with the baby. That's precious time and when I can take it, I will.

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

Kept my 3yo outside and occupied with mud/rocks/the hose for about 4 hours straight today and it seems that's what it takes to truly tire him out. Good to know. (Tweeted from my couch, where he is snoring on my lap)

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

@wrowclif Congratulations!! So glad everything worked out okay. Sending prayers for a peaceful postpartum 🙏🏻

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Connecting young people to digital networks serves no purpose if they remain disconnected from themselves, others, and their own interiority. We must help young people rediscover silence, reflection, the ability to ask questions, the depth of relationships, and openness to transcendence. To listen to the soul, we must lend an ear, because the soul's voice is not a shout, but a whisper.

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

Still thinking about her

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

Milking it: inside America’s lactation rooms – in pictures | Photography | The Guardian https://t.co/kJdkJvBAyb

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

I can't stop thinking about the tweet I saw that said there are people who only read the dialogue in books. They skip everything else. And then post "I read 150 books this year!" in December. IDC how many books you read, but reading only the dialogue is crazy. This can't be real.

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

@theemmacasey Me too! Sometimes I grow them out accidentally and it just doesn't feel right and I get them cut back again

[Maggie Taylor @mtaylor1001]

Someone recently gently commented on my son "he can't help it, he just can't control himself" and I said "the thing you need to remember about him is....he is 3 years old."

[Tetralogy of Fallout: New Vegas @_parasocial]

85% of parenting bullshit on here is people expecting behavior far outside of the developmental age/capability of a given child