Parents know that rules are necessary. Rules keep order in the chaos of raising children; they provide structure and expectations; they are the yardstick...
All it takes is one preggo brain, three littles scurrying around at your feet, and a deployed spouse (or any one of those things)...
Back to school is a busy time with buying school supplies, sports physicals, teacher meetings, open houses, clothes shopping and more. But if you’re...
When it comes to food, I have a couple weaknesses - baked goods, chocolate, coffee, and wine. I've always enjoyed the art of baking,...
Last January, I enrolled my 4 1/2-year-old in ballet. She had been begging me for nearly a year and the begging only intensified after...
I have always been a runner. That doesn’t mean I’m an impressively fast athlete, but running has always been a part of my life,...
Tonight, I did one of my favorite things: I went to see a movie by myself. All by myself. I like to pick a...
Recently, Serena Williams competed in her 18th singles tournament in Wimbledon. Although she was runner up to Angelique Kerber from Germany, she has actually...
My husband occasionally (often) and affectionately (mostly) refers to me as a hippy.
What he means, really, is crunchy. You know, clean eating, cloth diapers,...
Breastfeeding is hard. Really hard.
Motherhood is hard.
And if you're anything like me, you have a constant, nagging voice pointing out all your mistakes...
I am so over hearing “that’s so nice for you that your husband doesn’t deploy.”
Yes, it is very nice that he does not deploy;...
You might have noticed threading kiosks popping up in malls across America lately. They're fairly minimal with reclining salon chairs and nothing more than...
Military Lifestyle
Normalized Overwhelm
Over the Edge
I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...
