A few years ago, a Mom I know posted on Facebook about how she was going to enjoy a slow summer with her school-aged…
It’s summer time.
When a parent goes away it can be hard on everyone: the kids, the traveller and the one left at home. If mom is the primary caregiver and chief domestic engineer, her absence is particularly difficult. Whether she’s travelling for business or pleasure, there are often details upon details to manage, not to mention the
Motherhood can do a number on a woman’s hair. Sure, it starts out great with the hormone boost during pregnancy – it’s thicker, fuller…
Growing up, I always looked different than everyone else. I was the only redheaded, pale-skinned, freckled-faced kid in my class in elementary school. In…
Being a mom is a dream come true, but let’s be real: it can also mean putting a lot of your dreams on hold. My kids are 5 and 7 years old (which is weird, because it feels like they were born yesterday) and in that time, I’ve made many of the usual parenting sacrifices.
Dear Forgotten Husband, I know things have changed and that it seems like you’re my last priority these days. In the mornings, your…
Lately I’ve been getting caught in a rabbit hole. I end up spending hours watching old video clips of my kids when they were…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to read. When I was a teenager, I would lay on my bed and get lost in a good book for hours. When I moved away from home in my early 20’s and got myself a teeny tiny apartment, I made sure there was a chair
As a dog lover, I always tell people that God made puppies so cute because they’d never survive if they weren’t. The peeing, the…