In the wise words of Vanilla Ice and Cypress Hill—word to the moms. I have had the privilege of knowing many moms and I...
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...
If you are anything like me, you read lots of parenting advice—anywhere you can get it—blogs, articles, books. That could be why you find...
Ten years ago, my husband and I were engaged and trying to figure out what kind of wedding we wanted to have. Initially, we...
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...
A couple year's ago, I made a New Year's resolution to be more reliable. I had been finding myself in the awkward position of having...
My husband and I aren't particularly religious. We don't go to church and we rarely refer to God in our home. If anything, we...
Life with toddlers and preschoolers usually means you are never alone. They can be quietly playing in their room and you go into SWAT...
When the realization hit that I was going to be a single mom, I quickly feared my son's life would somehow fall short of...
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...
When I was in college, I had to write a paper imagining what my life would be like 10 years after I graduated. I...
When I was younger, around nine-years-old, my town had a tornado warning in the middle of the night. My older sister and I shared...
Most families have a certain number of traditions that are passed down over the years. Growing up, we had quite a few in my...
What I wish most people would insert in their research regarding the stages of grief is the ugliness to the path of letting go....
























