I started noticing changes in our five-year-old just a few weeks after her birthday. First, she was easier at school drop-off. Normally clinging to our legs, she had become more confident and began walking straight in. Then over the holidays when she first let go of my hand and ran ahead while looking at the Read Post
Today I Was a Bad Mom And That’s OK
This post originally appeared on Perfection Pending. I knew it the second the alarm clock shouted at me at 6:40AM, I was tired. Not tired, exhausted. My muscles and bones ached, and my eyelids felt as if they weighed 110 pounds. I wanted to hit snooze, but with my husband out of town for two Read Post
What Date Night IS REALLY Like After Kids
Remember when you were young and carefree? When date night was an event you looked forward to for days? It didn’t matter what time you went out or returned home, for you could always sleep in, and the hangover would eventually wear off. Then kids happened, and forever changed your partying ways. Gone were the Read Post
Why Her Birthday is My Special Day Too
I never meant to be a Pinterest mom. I have the patience of a moth and glue guns are my mortal enemy. But once I finally became a mother, her birthday wasn’t just about her. It also became monumental to me. Because my oldest’s birthday will always be my Momiversary. The day she gave me Read Post
Hewitt Family on Fox Sports
Sometimes it takes seeing your life on television to make you realize just how blessed you are. Not lucky, but truly given the most glorious gifts from above. That’s how I’ve always felt about motherhood. This never was a job I took lightly, but a privilege, earned after a hard fought battle with infertility. Now Read Post
How to Teach Kids Kindness from the Most Positive Mom on the Planet
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. I think everyone was misty-eyed when they read the viral Twitter texts between Delaney Keefe and her mom Tamara. Delaney, a college student in Virginia texts her mom every day, and she always receives (in her words) “an absurdly optimistic and kind” response. She shared screenshots of those texts via Read Post
Keep Kids Injury-Free with 5 Tips from an NBA Strength Coach
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post however all opinions are my own. UnitedHealthcare is not affiliated with the interview subject in this piece, or his employer. It’s that time of year. You know when things are beyond busy and we’re running from work, to school, to soccer or dance, then back home for homework and Read Post
What A Stray Cat Taught Me About Self-Care
It was such a quick conversation with a wonderful woman from Broward County’s Animal Care Center. We were buying kitten food at the pet store and she brought in a mama cat and her two babies still nursing. The mom was not even a year old, and was skin and bones. She was so beautiful, yet Read Post
2 Minute Drill: Jason Taylor
I like seeing the kids smile. And just being given the ability to put a smile on a kids face, in just a small way is very fulfilling for me” – Jason Taylor Jason Taylor has an annual Labor Day tradition which doesn’t include barbecues and beaches. For the 12th straight year the Jason Taylor Read Post
10 Signs You Are A Sleep Deprived Mom
You know that old saying…”the days are long but the years are short”? Well I like to say, “the days are long but the nights are longer.” That is the God’s honest truth once you enter parenthood. It’s ever changing ages bring new stages, and new ailments to keep us up at night. When you’re Read Post
