As a breastfeeding mother, I've had my fair share of inappropriate comments, questions and unsolicited advice.
Sometimes I've been dumbfounded. Rarely I've been mad. But occasionally, you get a piece of advice right when you need it.
I nursed four babies...
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 or trait. It turns your entire life upside down and spits you out on a...
"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 outfits are on trend, yet, effortless and with no fuss. She almost always has a...
The guilt I am ridden with as I write this post is consuming me. To think that my beautiful children that I waited a lifetime to have can sometimes (not always) be the subject of the madness of my...
Long before we got pregnant, I knew I’d be a boy mom. Not just any boy mom, a #boymom. You know what I’m talking about.
#BOYMOM
The coveted hashtag dedicated to the moms of boys who go “son up to son...
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...
I cried at Chick-fil-A today. I went there to eat my feelings, but instead I ended up making everyone around me exceptionally uncomfortable.
I fully believe that Chick-fil-A is a place to be happy. To eat the Lord's Chicken, to...
Deployments suck. We can all agree on that. That doesn’t mean we have to lead a terrible life for half the year though. I’m no expert, but I think I lead a pretty happy life even when my husband...
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,...
Slang has always been a part of language and culture. Most of us use slang on a daily basis without giving it a second thought. In fact, new slang words are added to the Oxford Dictionary each year because...
We moved to a new city right after spring break last year. My kids were almost done with their school year, and they had to begin again at a new school. It was particularly rough on them. My sixth...
After only one week of summer break, my sanity was definitely being tested.
Please tell me I wasn't the only mom feeling like that.
Sibling Love
I have two boys and they are nine and 10 years old. They are 17 months...
Military Lifestyle
2025 Book Bingo: Military Edition
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