Tag: parenting
10 Things I Learned as a New Stay-at-Home Mom
My January of 2015 started out with a bang. Three months into my new job as an Investment Reporting Manager, I was called into...
Parenting Now and How I Hope My Son Remembers Me
My son is soon to be three years old. Where has the time gone? The days of his little rolly polly baby body are...
Unfollow, Unfriend, Block: The People I’m Letting Go This Year
Okay, I know, I'm pretty sure the last three posts I've written have been about either things that annoy me, things I refuse to...
Marriage, Kids, and Keeping the Flame Alive Through Travel
Recently, my husband and I returned home from our first solo vacation since having our son 14 months ago. We spent 10 days exploring...
Helping Your Older Children Deal With Death
I am going to warn you now that this is not a “feel-good”, happy Mom post. This is about a very difficult side of...
To the Single Mom: You Are Enough
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...
One Foot in the Ether: My Toddler’s Journey to Faith
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...
What NOT to Say to a New Mom
Sometimes in life, you come across those people that just have no filter. You know, the ones who suffer from "diarrhea of the mouth"...
Gifts from Santa: Can We Tone It Down A Bit?
With the holidays quickly approaching, my newsfeed has been riddled with article after article about why people are going to let go of the...
4 White Lies I Tell My Kid to Keep the Peace
There’s been this thing floating around Facebook recently – something like, ‘Lies Our Parents Used to Tell Us’. And man, seeing this totally hit...
Teaching Our Children About Kindness
I love our neighborhood. The families are friendly and the yards are always full of children playing football, jumping on the trampoline or running...
Santa Stays: Why We’re Sticking With Santa Until Santa Doesn’t Stick
I've read at least three blogs today about telling kids the truth about Santa. Apparently one of the latest parenting trends is to boycott...
Your Guide to Surviving Family Drama This Holiday Season
We're coming up on the holidays, and you know what that means! I'm not talking about packed malls, decadent food, and the sweet crooning...
My Tried and True Parenting Motto
I'm a big fan of mottos and quotes. For example, my personal happiness motto comes from one of my favorite writers, Kelly Corrigan, who...