April 11, 2015 was my daughter’s fifth birthday party. In the pictures from that day, I am wearing a knee-length fluttery skirt and an aqua tank top. I…
Of all the holidays we must partake in, I think parents with kids aged newborn to five-year-olds should simply opt-out of Halloween. At the risk of being a massive…
Ah, fall. The crisp cool weather. The turning leaves. The fun of getting my sweaters out of storage. That all sounds nice. One problem: I live on the center…
Among the latest Internet hate-fest rampages is the subject of autumn. I don’t get it. People seem to have lost sight of the fact that pumpkin spice lattes…
“I have so much to get done before school gets out.” I’ve been hearing this a lot lately from all kinds of moms – full-time working moms, part-time…
Strap yourselves in. This may take a while. In no particular order, here are some things that make me want to move to my own planet. Cat Haters…
As bad as I feel for women experiencing the symptoms of menopause, my heart goes out even more to the men who have to live with them while…
When my daughter Sammi was just over a year old, she had surgery to repair a congenital heart defect. After the worst of it was over and she…
Little white lies. We’re all guilty of using them, whether it’s to protect someone’s feelings or to get out of attending the fifth Pampered Chef party invitation we’ve…
A lot of people wonder what it’s like to have anorexia, but I know all too well. My eating disorder and I coexisted for five years (age 11-16).…