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Happy Fri-YAY! We made it, Mamas! Not that we really get much of a weekend with kids, but we made it nonetheless! As a mom of 3, you would think that by this time around, I would know a...

I am failing. I am a failure! I am not smart enough, disciplined enough, or anything else. I'm barely able to do this while other women are out there crushing it, and I don't even like the humans I...

THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING! Are you ready? Did that sentence cause your heart to race? What does your holiday season list look like? Let’s see! Does your list look like mine? Gift purchasing, in house decorating, outside house decorating, kid...

Memories are a precious gem. I can remember almost everything. Growing up, my mother would claim I had selective memory, and to an extent, there's truth in that. #teenagers  I can remember meeting my husband for the first time, that...

Over the last year, my son and I have watched the new UMC Family and Children’s Clinic take shape as we would drive down 98th Street. He’s eight now, but the early Bob the Builder obsession still lingers! He’s...

Do you know what Fridays are for? Date Night! This is something that I look forward to. Dates with my spouse are what keep the fire in our marriage alive. What's even better is that there is so much...

I started thinking about this piece and wanted to write about things that should not be said to a single mom, but it was getting too heavy for me. I decided to tell you some secrets I have kept...

So, let's say I had a grandmother who was chronically early. Christmas dinner started at noon; she would be there at 10 am. This was always a little running joke. Just like the jokes, earliness has trickled on down...

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...

I have seen people stand at the front of the church and proclaim how God is good. I've heard them mention that something bad ALMOST happened, but God performed a miracle. They were rescued from heartache and pain and...