What if one day, you would have the opportunity to take your family to live in another country? Would you be ready? Would you be afraid? Would you be excited? Maybe all of them.
Making the decision of taking your...
Stepmoms, raise your hand! ??
Y'all, being a mom is hard...like, really really hard. Being a stepmom, well, that's a whole new level of hard! Prior to becoming a stepmom, I used to think, "How hard can it be? Someone...
My daughter will be going in to high school next year. The night before her entrance exam she sat with me and I saw her eyes fill with tears. I waited for her to speak. Finally she looked up...
Dear Rock N Play,
It is hard to describe just how special you are to our family. From the moment I saw you cuddling a friend’s child I knew I had to have you. Your sleek and compact design was...
As foster parents, we’re often thrown into parenting situations we have NO IDEA how to navigate, but somehow manage to crawl our way out of. Having a 15-year-old move in was no different. In the middle of her high...
The last few months of our life with a sick baby have been overwhelming to say the least. Our son was born with a congenital kidney defect. We always thought that he would have surgery around his first birthday...
You would think I’m about to complain about how whiny my kids are in public. Or how they are so picky we can only go to Pasta House. Or how they don’t know the difference between a salad and...
The weather is finally warming up and that means the parks will soon start filling up with families dressed up to get their family photos taken. If the warmer weather has inspired you to update your own family photo,...
I'm just your average mom. My undergrad is in music and my graduate degree is in Bible. I have never really studied nutrition or paid much attention to it. However, after discovering how good I could feel with better...
I remember a time not so long ago when I was in a different season of mom life and wondering why people ask "Are they good babies?" I was about 1 month into being a new mom with premature...