I recently read Chip and Joanna Gaines' The Magnolia Story. I loved the book. I love every story that births something from the bare...
Last week our cat passed away suddenly from congestive heart failure. Her loss was the icing on the cake of what has been...
In its most simple definition, a book club is comprised of a group of people drawn together to read. The members can share their...
There are a lot of hardships to being a military family but paying for counseling is not one of those things. What? Free counseling?
Yes....
Motherhood is unlike anything else. I know that sounds incredibly cliche, but it's true. It's more than a job. It's more than a position...
"Sometimes you feel foolish, even look foolish, but you do the thing anyway.”
–Gus, The Go Giver
She’s beautiful, collected, approachable and she's oozing self-confidence. Her...
The guilt I am ridden with as I write this post is consuming me. To think that my beautiful children that I waited a...
Finding your way when a village doesn't exist
Perhaps it's one of those nostalgic, rose-colored glasses perspectives, but it often feels like the days when parents...
Parents know that rules are necessary. Rules keep order in the chaos of raising children; they provide structure and expectations; they are the yardstick...
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,...
Military Lifestyle
What if 20 Years Isn’t the End?
8 states and 11 moves is what we have accomplished so far since my husband enlisted in the Coast Guard 20 years ago, with...
