“You might change your mind,” my mom would tell me, when my younger self thought I didn’t want to have kids. She was so right, as mothers tend to be. She passed away almost seven years ago, when I...
As I corralled my children through the crowded halls of our school's open house last week, I noticed a difference between me and many of the parents I squeezed past: They were dressed up a bit.
I did a quick...
Among the circle of friends and family I have in my life, we sometimes talk about this “American Dream” we have. This dream we seek is different for everyone, for me personally the dream has always been to be...
To cut to the chase: was it wonderful, naive, or wonderfully naive to take 3 kids 8 and under to Egypt for 10 days?
It was amazing, and for more reasons than I can list here. But below are the five...
My daughter has always been shy. Not the hide behind your legs, head up your butt shy, but the kind of shy where I could feel her physical pain at expectation of her to answer stranger’s questions like “What...
Libraries are an incredible resource for moms of young kids! They provide an outlet for families stuck at home during the day and the opportunity to learn everything from using the potty to computer skills. Here are five tips for...
I am a mother to four children, the older three are boys. I promise I’ve spent hours, maybe even years dedicated to potty training and yet, they still seem to pee on everything. We have 4 bathrooms in our...
A few weeks ago, someone in our neighborhood posted this question within the Nextdoor App:
“Is it odd that in 3.5 years we’ve only met 3 people on our street?"
Along with the question, the poster sent out a simple “yes...
If only it were as easy as “Hey, how YOU doin’?” - but alas, Joey’s famous pickup line from “Friends” isn’t as easy to use when the person I’d like to pick up is a new mom friend.
Being a...
Hopefully some of you can commiserate. While the rest of you are probably shaking your head at me as you read this. But it's very true, I find myself making 3 or 4 different meals for dinner more often...
I recently made a long planned leap into business ownership with my husband. We’ve taken a few years to get all our ducks in a row and prepared as best as we could for the change. Still, the transition from...
Before I start writing this post, I need to fully confess that I am writing this TO MYSELF. As a Mom, I have got to learn how to step away from my phone.
Technology. I have a love/ hate relationship...
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