Friendship is crucial to one's social and emotional balance. To have someone there for you no matter what. To be a listening ear throughout...
I realize there a multitude of reasons people get divorced, so I don't mean for my feelings to be representative of every second wife's....
In the six months that I’ve been pregnant with our second daughter, I’ve been asked approximately 500 times if I’ll be returning back to...
I’m not an overprotective mom. I don’t freak out about my son, Cash, having too many sweets and I'm not strict about set bed times and...
Did you know that the average age of exposure to online porn is 8 years old? Or that kids are being lured into sex...
It's no secret that midwesterners love (and live for) fall. Mild temps, gorgeous colors, Halloween, amazing smells, and Thanksgiving are just a few reasons...
"What have I done?" It's been a really long time since I've heard or thought those words. When the neighbor lady said them, it...
I am no longer the mother of young children – my “babies” are in fifth grade, I have a middle schooler, two high schoolers...
The story of your birth is your favorite bedtime story. The best part is the end, when I crawled up onto the bed on...
Pregnancy brings with it a lot of changes, which is to be expected when you're growing a human in under 10 months. Change is...
A Person's a Person, No Matter How Small ~Dr. Seuss
I read yet another parenting article today focused on the importance of love for one's...
We are all alike, we are all different. As a preschool teacher and currently an in-home childcare provider I have always held this mentality....
It hit me a few weeks ago, snuggling with my 4.5-month-old daughter, Lyra, during one of the increasingly-rare times she lets her head rest...
When our little guy was five months, I felt ready for him to start solids. I had read all the books, done a mommy-and-me...