When someone you love is facing a difficult time, it's hard to know how to support them. You fear saying the wrong thing. Last...
I remember a few years ago when my oldest two started floating the idea of “Yes Days”. Many of their friends had seen the...
I love being a girl mom. I’ve always considered myself a girly girl and pictured myself with daughters. When the time came to have...
I never expected to watch our friends become widows. Friends, as in plural, more than one. We aren’t even 40 years old yet and...
Recently, I came across a clip of Dr. Phil stating that parents who use attachment parenting become helicopter parents. It angered me that over...
Three years.
It’s been three years since we hoarded toilet paper, sanitized groceries, made masks from scraps of cloth, and stayed inside to stay safe.
One...
This is it, the final shift before I become simply a mama.
The last time I’ll step into scrub shoes, the last time I’ll throw...
It wasn't very long after I announced my second pregnancy that the infamous question began to roll in. Was I hoping it was a...
I look at the clock—8:27 pm. One of my kids is sound asleep, another is reading in her bed, and the third is babbling...
This past Christmas, I made some friends a “make your own pizza” kit, complete with a lump of pizza dough, a pack of shredded...
Arriving at Costco when the doors open is a recurring life goal that I have. I find the bustling concrete entryway like my personal...
In college, I learned about flashbulb memories. In short, a flashbulb memory is a vivid memory usually attached to a highly emotional event. One...
I have a career in healthcare, and about six years into my career; I started to feel the burnout. I worked from the office...
With a bold smirk, my preteen daughter, Reya, enters the room and gets close to my face. "I know the answer to this, "she...