Have you ever been so scared of change that you just choose not to do anything about it? That was me when it came down to having kids and a career.
I was made to be a mom, but I...
"Whoever CHOOSES to be an English teacher is an idiot."
Those were my exact words to my sophomore English teacher. Of course, not to her face because my adolescent self was much more respectful than that but very much passive-aggressively...
What to do when your two year old already holds a grudge?
The short answer is, I don't know.
Sister and I love to snuggle and watch cooking shows. Technically, it starts as something Cinderella or Cats but then turns into...
What three words would you want to leave to your children?
This past summer, I was chatting parenting skills with a cousin of mine. She mentioned how each morning, they do words of affirmation. It's become so routine for her...
"MAMA! What does it smell like?"
Said my 4-year-old daughter as we entered the restaurant restroom because she just "had to go potty" right as our food was delivered to our table. At that very moment, I had one of...
I didn't decorate her place out at the cemetery for every single holiday this year.
I don't know if it was the survival mode of this whole year, that it simply felt like too much to muster, or that it...
Girl-child is naturally left-handed. They kept telling us that you can't determine which hand the baby will use until they are older and start writing. We knew. She always liked things in her left hand, and it was just...
I love my kids unconditionally. I think most parents will say the same thing.
What I struggle with is supporting them unconditionally. When boy-child graduated pre-school, and his “When I grow up I want to be …” sign said “Batman,”...
A few weeks ago, on the elevator at work, a lady saw a picture of my baby and asked how old she was. When I replied, “almost four months,” the look on her face shocked me. Her response was,...
There is never enough time. Never enough. There are dishes, and laundry, and school picture day, and the birthday party of the week, and soccer games, and gymnastics, and the never-ending list of other things that must be done....