Tag: Motherhood
Raising Teenagers: A Balancing Act
It usually starts the same way. The lipstick is too dark. That crop top is not appropriate for school (sometimes not even the living...
Why You Need A Baby Carrier In Your Life
A few months after my first daughter was born, I bought a baby carrier. She always wanted to be held, and it enabled me to...
A Little Lone Star Love: Leaving Texas
Seven and a half years.
Besides the state I grew up in, this is the longest I have lived anywhere.
When we first moved to...
Parenting: For the Hard Times, Get a Dog
After having three kids and being parents for ten years, my husband and I adopted a puppy. He is the cutest little 4-pound mixed...
Teaching Kindness When The World Seems Unkind
This past year, our country saw so many mass shootings; we had a very contentious confirmation process for a new Supreme Court Justice along...
Why Don’t We Celebrate “Normal”?
Recently, when I was in line at the grocery store, I picked up a magazine that boasted "Person of the Year" on the front...
December Book Club: The Perfect Mother
The perfect mother: a title bestowed upon the best moms and coveted by many. This woman can balance everything. Her children are carefully dressed...
The One Group I Need in This Stage of Motherhood
Moving is HARD. Some may say that moving across the country is even harder. Finding a new “tribe” every 2 to 4 years is...
8 Reasons Why You Need a Breast Pump
I know that some of you are planning on staying home with your baby and don't think you need a breast pump -- breast...
What To Teach Your Kids about Children With Special Needs
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...
Momming with Chronic Migraines
Migraines have been a chronic unwelcome guest in my life since 2008. I had them sporadically as a teenager, but they decided to come...
Nothing at All: A Poem for the SAHM
A friend gave me a call
Asked what I had been up to
Without giving it a thought, I replied:
Nothing, nothing at all
Turning off lights
Walking down...