"My family comes first." It's the mantra of mommies all around the world. When we stop to think about our families and their needs...
I do not have a rule book or playbook on being alone. All I can say is that for the majority of the last...
Love. Two years post-separation and a year after my divorce, if there was one word to sum up how I’m feeling now, that word...
2017 is winding down, and soon we will see all the “New Year, New You” ads and promotions; it’s invariably time to start thinking...
I am a stay-at-home mom, and I'm not ashamed to say that I love it. I don’t miss working. I don’t miss answering to...
I’m up at 4:22 am making banana bread. Not because I want to, but because I can’t shut my mind off long enough to...
To My Toxic Mother-In-Law,
We don’t like each other and it’s exhausting to pretend like we do. I look at you and am amazed that...
As an avid podcast subscriber and intermittent listener, I was thrilled when I accidentally stumbled upon The Mom Hour podcast. As a clinical social...
My husband and I celebrated our ninth anniversary this past week. It's not really one people talk about, and ours fell smack dab between...
When our son was six months old, I agreed with my husband that we would not have more children. We had one wild, strong-willed...
The winter months here in the Midwest can be really tough. Unlike the summer months when you can dash out the door in a tank...
I just want to close my eyes. Close the blinds, close the curtains, and sit in the dark.
I muster the energy to eat something....
Waiting and Thoughts of the Door to the Left
I have always liked this office, the receptionist is ultra friendly, the magazines are always newer,...
Half the mommy posts out there today seem to discuss why moms should never judge other moms; the other half seem to tell moms...

























