To this day, I remember every detail of that phone call. It was just a few weeks after Christmas. Amidst the post-holiday haze, I...
Sunday mornings at the Beaven House are chaotic! Not a typical chaos, but one that literally makes you want to get back into bed...
Every year on the third Sunday of September wives get a day. ONE DAY. This year, Sunday, September 19th is Wife Appreciation Day. Sure, there’s...
It is Pride Month and for the first time, I will be celebrating this month as a member of the LGTBQ+ community. This is...
Wouldn’t you love a simple "friend" to-do list that you could check off and then voila! You would have a new mom BFF. I...
I consider myself a hugger, but I am not always surrounded by fellow huggers. I love hugs! Olaf and I are kindred spirits that way....
Let me precede this blog by saying this is not a blog paying homage to Bill Cosby. Straight up, there it is: there's a...
The facts are this: I dated someone for a turbulent ten years. We broke up for good one morning, and I did not see...
This month of celebrating fathers is bittersweet for me. I am caught between celebrating my husband and missing my father terribly.
As the years pass,...
I first lost my virginity when I was a teenager. I knew all about birth control and safe sex, I wasn't afraid to talk...
We're often told that we have to give up so much when we become mothers. On one hand, I agree, on the other.. NOPE....
Dating as a single parent is never anyone’s plan A. My teenage daydreams about my wildly romantic adult dating life did not include diapers...
Let the...
The end of the year holiday season is probably one of my most favorite times of the year. It's when I do my best...

























