“Mommy, I don’t feel good.”
These five simple words can strike fear in every mom and send her mind reeling. “How bad is it? Do we call the doctor? What’s on my schedule today? Who’s going to babysit a sick...
Menopause.
A lovely stage of life when our bodies glitch, overheat, transform, and rebel.
It's not all a struggle. After all, those pesky periods we've been dealing with since puberty finally stop ...
But it's a time to get to know ourselves...
Apparently, I snore.
It started during my pregnancy years and has slowly gotten worse.
I didn’t think much of it— I just considered it to be another one of those ways my body changed after having kids.
But thanks to encouragement from...
One of the most frustrating things about being a parent is watching your child be in pain. We search for answers and a quick solution, but what happens when you can’t find one? What happens when the doctors don’t...
I loved her first
I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers.
These lyrics from Heartland’s “I Loved Her First” are simple but meaningful words. Words many listen to on that magical wedding day, hearing those...
June is World Infertility Awareness Month, highlighting infertility issues faced by people around the world each year. That’s right – the WORLD.
There is a misconception that infertility affects only a small part of the population, but, according to the...
Did you know that there are currently 1 million children in the United States living with congenital heart disease? Or that 1 in every 100 babies is born with a CHD, and 25% will need open heart surgery or...
I have the hardest time getting my head focused on goals and forward-thinking in January. Maybe it’s the post-holiday slump or the ick weather, but January always feels like a one-day-at-a-time pace where I’m just trying to keep it...
Remember when you were 15 and thought your life would be totally figured out by your 30s?Birthdays are typically thought of as joyous days, as days of celebration. Birthdays tend to hold a lot of expectations, both for us...
October is national Respiratory Syncytial Virus awareness month. Most commonly known as RSV, this virus commonly affects children ages five and younger. What presents as a common cold for older children and adults can have lifelong effects for younger...
In + Around STL
Eating Through the STL Top 100 – 2024 Edition
If you’ve read my food lists from the past couple of years, you will know that I wait in anticipation every April for the...
