Every year, my husband and I have the privilege of taking a trip through his work. The destination changes, but the outcome? Always the same — precious time for the two of us to escape the day-to-day grind. We relax and enjoy one another’s company. And we look forward to it immensely. This year would be […]
You don’t need to look very hard to find a gazillion mom hacks to make life “easier” for you. Pinterest. Mommy blogs. Facebook. And each list is filled with amazing and genius mom hack ideas that I always want to implement, but rarely ever do. However, there are a few tricks that I’ve picked up […]
Mother, I see you. You are lying in bed while your little ones are up at 6 am. You try to talk yourself into moving, but all you can think about is how you used to sleep in until at least 7:30 am. And how you sipped your hot coffee in peace. You think about how […]
My 15-month old is teething, bless her little sleep-killing soul. I should feel bad for her, but let’s be honest, my empathy went out the window at midnight, then 2 am, again at 3 am and at 5 o’clock this morning. Before kids I would go to bed and wake up whenever I felt the […]
All I ever wanted in life? To have children. Even as a young adult, I knew I could not make someone fall in love with and marry me. But I would have children — whatever it took. I even put together back up plans in case I needed to resort to those extremes in order […]
I woke up on the morning after Thanksgiving feeling uneasy. Surprisingly, it wasn’t because of the three helpings of turkey, mashed potatoes, heaping globs of stuffing, and other tasty sides I had indulged in the day before (although I’m sure that wasn’t helping anything — especially my waistline). No. My reason? The day after Thanksgiving arrived, […]
I remember the exact moment my world started spinning. It was February 17, 2017 at approximately 11:00 AM. “Let’s test James for autism.” We were at his three year visit when his doctor dropped this bomb on me. Truthfully, I had been questioning what was “wrong” with him for a year. But for a professional […]
This morning I was brushing my daughters hair and caught a whiff of campfire. I buried my nostrils in her brown tresses, and sure enough—the smell was coming from her head. The problem with this? The last time we had a campfire was three dirty days ago. I worried for a second that her teacher […]
“Me too.” Two little words with a powerful punch. Two words that state unapologetically and without question: I, too, am a woman who has been sexually harassed or assaulted. Alyssa Milano started the viral campaign with this tweet: “If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me too.’ as a status, […]
Last week, I was once again sitting in traffic on my way to drop my daughter off at preschool. My blood was boiling with the insanity that is Nolensville Pike in the mornings. I had been in that van every day for the past few weeks, and it seemed like my rear was doomed to […]
