You Don’t Have to Be Friends With Your Ex (Or His New Wife)
When I look back on it, I’m pretty sure it was all Bruce and Demi’s fault. You see, by the time my marriage started to falter and then ended in the middle…
Read Moreparenting
Top 6 Advantages of Raising an Only Child
Have you ever had someone question your parenting choices? Or, make comments, jokingly of course because that would just be rude of them to be serious, about the number of children you…
Read More
Twenty Five Things that I Know for Sure
It seems like just yesterday I was watching my mom and her friends, thinking that they were pretty cool for old people. Truthfully, they weren’t even old. They were just parents or…
Read More
In the Blink of an Eye – Dog Safety
My husband and I have always been dog people, we grew up with dogs, in fact in high school my husband helped raised dogs for guiding eyes for the blind and I…
Read More
When Being White is Safer
Raising boys can be a chaotic, energetic and hilarious endeavor. There isn’t a day where I am not laughing at something my kids have said or done. I treasure the times when…
Read More
To the Mom at the Airport
Dear Fellow Mother; You don’t know me, but I have learned some things about you. I learned these things as I sat and watched you in the airport terminal. We were “patiently”…
Read More
The Dark Side of Parenting
Motherhood. Holy fuck….motherhood. Nothing prepares you for it. Before embarking on the craziest and most emotional trip of my life (aka becoming a mommy), I was always told that having a baby…
Read More
Helping Your Child Learn How to Make Choices
I remember in my earlier days of motherhood how frazzled and stressed out I was. I was amazed that this tiny creature at such a young age already had her own thoughts,…
Read More
From Shattered to Surviving the Unthinkable
What do you do when the unthinkable happens? When you find yourself living in what seems to be a bad dream? Unfortunately, it is a place that some of us find ourselves…
Read More
Being a Good Enough Parent
They say motherhood is one of the hardest things to do. It is a test of endurance and a leap of faith. When we have children, we are told to raise them…
Read More