Encouragement

Living a healthy lifestyle is more easily obtained these days than it ever was before.  Can't get to the gym, no problem there are workouts you can stream to your TV instead of doing the same old boring DVD every...

I started “Kondo-ing” a few weeks ago after binging Marie Kondo’s “Tidying Up” on Netflix. I, like many others, started with the suggested Category 1 of Clothing. After I hauled every item of clothing out from the depths of my...

It all started with an apple core. I guess that’s not entirely true, the tears started with the apple core, but the morning went south long before. You see, I’m a morning person and our days usually start off strong....

"I never wanted any of my women to work outside the home." The words hit me like a ton of bricks.  This man, this father of an acquaintance, had single handedly knocked down the clear choice that I made to be...

Everyone jokes that as a mom has more and more kids, she stresses less and less about the little things. We have all seen the diaper commercial where the mom throws some snacks on the ground for her second...

This summer, I took my kids to the splash pad. It was a hot day, and we needed to GET OUT OF THE HOUSE with no drowning risk. For free.  Thank you, St. Julien Park, for your beautiful, clean, splash...

Our calendars as parents in this day and age are already packed.  Packed with activities. Packed with work. Just packed to the brim with daily life.  That means adding in time for Mom and Dad to be, well, not Mom and...

Valentine’s Day has always ranked right up there as one of my least favorite holidays. There were never any candlelight dinners and roses. No chocolates or sweet notes. My ex husband was not invested in celebrating this holiday, and...

Birth Stories I recently went out to dinner with a group of friends and the topic of childbirth came up. Women began sharing their stories of childbirth, the good, the bad and the ugly. Some moms expressed their passion natural...

Apparently, there are 24 hours in one day. I’ve known this for most of my life, and the clocks of the world seem to confirm it. But, if I’m being honest, the older I get, and more significantly, the...