Laurel Hess
Part Time Parent. Full Time Mom Brain.
Sometimes I feel like I’m a part-time parent with full-time mom brain. My kids are never NOT on my mind. It could be in the middle of a meeting and I wonder who my...
Don’t Own Feelings that Aren’t Yours
I’m not sure if it’s my empathetic nature or the fact that I have lived as a natural-born peacekeeper all of my life - but I have a tendency to “own” feelings that don’t...
Fostering Dogs with Children
I am a total mom when it comes to dogs that don’t have families. Once we rescued our first dog, I was a goner. He was always so grateful and happy to be with...
I Tried Prime Wardrobe – And You Should Too
I have many recurring subscriptions to various entities, but the one that I can assure you will never go away is Amazon Prime - can I live a life without The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
Girls Trip: A Retrospective
I am lucky enough to be a part of a college group of girlfriends who never lost touch. We have seen each other at our worst (one of us passed out in a graveyard...
Potty Training Our Second: We Just Didn’t
Potty training is one of those things can send send a shiver of fear down the spine of a parent. Even several years later, many parents have a kind of PTSD when it comes...
Don’t Clean for Me
“We can do my house - but just a heads up, it’s a total mess.”
And then I rush around like a cracked out June Cleaver, throwing things in closets, vacuuming, wiping down cabinets, cleaning...
Put a Pickle In it {Your Tree}
I love Christmas - almost to a terrifying degree. I’m that friend who declares it Christmas the moment the kids are done trick or treating. Literally, the minute we are home and they are...
When a Pet Passes Away
We have always been a pet family - even when I was growing up, we always had animals. My husband loves cats and I love dogs so we have both. However, the one thing...
Travel Hacking our Family Vacations {Part 3}
This is part 3 of a series. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. This series details how I use credit card points to subsidize our family vacations. In part 3,...