Motherhood + Parenting

Dear Woman in the Restaurant, My husband and I were enjoying our lunch the other day when you came up to us mid-meal to tell us that that our daughter was "sweet and beautiful" and you appreciated us having such a quiet...

Let me just start by saying that stay-at-home moms are superheroes too… they just wear different capes - likely ones covered in a bit more spit up and drool than us working moms who are lucky to get out...

Did anyone else grow up watching old movies?  I am talking about Gone with the Wind, Pride and Prejudice, Meet Me in St. Louis, Sense and Sensibility, and basically anything that came on Turner Classic Movies.  I loved seeing...

There is nothing glamorous about the first trimester of pregnancy. Let's just all agree to agree on that before we proceed. The first trimester is about as glamorous as that LAST agonizing month (which I'm fairly certain contains 2,646,513,544...

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I feel blessed to be a SAHM because it allows me the freedom to do other things during my kids nap time or school hours. One of those things is go back to school. I'm trying to finally get...

Dear Miss Lauren, You have helped my son in tremendous ways and I can never thank you enough for the confidence you helped give him. You helped give me confidence too. My son first came to you with some sensory issues....

One evening, my little girl and I decided to go to Target just for fun. My daughter has her 5th birthday coming up and she wanted to try on dresses for the occasion. My husband was working late and we needed...

I have to give you some background before I tell you about my detox journey.  I am a lover of refined sugar and coffee.  There. I said it. I don't deny myself when I want either of these things,...

I grew up a typical 1980's and 90's latch key kid in a single parent working home. My mother worked (and still does) in a job that deeply impacts the every day lives of many people. It is a field...

It had been ten short days since the birth of my third child. Prior to my pregnancy, we had planned a vacation for just four weeks after our daughter's birth date, leaving my husband with a significantly shorter paternity...

In July 2011, I experienced a missed miscarriage. The pregnancy was found to be "no longer viable" during an ultrasound around 10 weeks and I was immediately sent to the hospital to prepare for a D&C the following day....