If you give a mom a glass of Moscato, she will probably want to enjoy it in a nice bubble bath.
But when she goes to draw her bath, she might decide that her tub needs to be cleaned.
After she...
Everybody gets heart eyes for Christmas. I mean, I can see why. The lights, the music, the childlike expectation of Christmas morning. Christmas is great.
But for me? I’m all about New Year's.
A Champagne fueled party that ends in a...
Cheers to the spirited ones, the energetic, the spunky, the precocious, and all the other euphemisms people politely use for you instead of a total handful.
When people talk about wanting a demure little girl instead of a wild little...
“Sign us up!” my kids commanded after receiving mail from YMCA’s Camp Carson. Normally, I’d be put off by such demands, but this is one I’m happy to give in to.
This will be the fifth year I send my...
Welcome to another brand new year. This season is ripe with reflection and resolutions. Everyone I know is eager to wipe the slate clean and begin again with renewed vigor. Gyms are packed. Calendars and planners are flying off...
Like so many other girls, I grew up with hunting but not as a hunter. I knew my uncles went turkey hunting Thanksgiving morning. I’d listen, wide eyed, as they talked about their hunt while reaching for the mashed...
It’s a new year, and many of us are making new goals and resolutions for 2018. I’m a planner, and I love to make goals and encourage my kids to come up with resolutions (although they rarely do).
But all...
Oh yes, the dreaded baby weight. If you’re like me, nursing didn’t do the trick and, well, I've got a few pounds to shed. Once I actually started trying to lose weight, I made a quick trip to my...
Last spring, I ran into the grocery store with my youngest child to pick up some last-minute supplies for dinner before heading to school to pick up my two oldest. As I was bagging some sweet potatoes, a man...
I had never planned to have children outside of the United States. The hope for an overseas assignment always seemed like a long shot for my husband's career, and the thought of fighting a language barrier and different practices...
It's hard for me to write this. Nearly 18 months have passed, and the grief still feels fresh. Almost a year and a half ago, my best friend Amy died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism. At the time, she...
I grew up living the life of a "military brat." My dad served in the Air Force for twenty years. We used the term "military brat" as did everyone else we knew. It wasn't in an offensive way, it merely let...
Military Lifestyle
How to Embrace Winter
I remember our first winter here in the Midwest. As a born and raised New Englander, I didn’t flinch. I knew it would be...
