My daughter just turned one, and I keep crying about it.
It’s been a year since this little one came careening into the world two days overdue. After the drawn out births of my first two children, I expected hours...
The funny thing about a bruise: Sometimes you can't see a bruise, but you can feel it. Other times it's big and ugly and purple. Caused by trauma, these bruises may last a little or a long time. As...
One night last month I was on my computer procrastinating. I was supposed to be doing homework, but I was scrolling through social media, and I saw an article about John Legend taking swimming lessons with his daughter. Of...
When you have a baby, every well-intentioned veteran parent you meet tells you that these days will go by too fast. That if you blink, you'll miss it; that the days may be long but that the years will...
Years of being a military spouse and now a stay-at-home mom have left my career history full of gaps and have made my résumé what you can only describe as “interesting.”
As my son gets older, I have started thinking about...
She first asked in third grade.
Two kids in her class had their own phones.
"No way," I told her. "Who would you call? What would you do? Nothing that you can’t do from my phone. Nothing that you can’t do...
won·der
a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable.
Have you had the chance to watch the 2017 American comedy-drama film, Wonder? If you haven’t - run to the nearest Blockbuster (if only),...
Dear Moms,
During this season of Thanksgiving, I would like to encourage you to talk to your kids about something that may not be a typical dinner-table conversation topic.
I want you to talk to them about the Other Kids.
My daughter...
Dear food allergy parent,
I see you at new parent orientation. I see you sink down a little in your seat as the teacher tells the parents that this preschool is peanut and tree nut free.
I see your face turning...
Our 9-year-old son loves soccer. He loves to play it, he loves to watch it, he loves to talk about it. His life revolved around the World Cup this year. The boy eats, sleeps and breathes soccer. He had...
So you just had a baby…
I think it counts within a year!
Our lives are probably similar
I am here to say, “Have no fear!”
You’re not alone in your feelings,
At least as long as you’re feeling crazy.
Not much is “getting accomplished”
And...
How in the name of summer time is it back-to-school season already?! Please tell me I’m not the only one who feels like she blinked and the lazy days of summer vanished.
No seriously, validaaate meeeeee.
You might not believe it,...
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We know firsthand how beneficial community can be. We want to show our Moms of Service Members that they have a safe place to...
