We resisted medicating Lucas for his ADHD for three years. Like many parents before us, we took the try-everything-else-first route, which served a two-fold purpose: First, it acted…

I started my career in education as a classroom teacher and these years were some of the best of my life. For the last 12 years I have been…

So it turns out I actually need more makeup, in order to appear that I am wearing less makeup. I have to tell you, this was a revelation.…

I can almost hear my husband’s eyes rolling as I say this, but I’ve always felt that being the one who carried all three of our children inside…

For those who are not familiar….teachable moments tend to be awful and necessary. They also like to present themselves at inconvenient times and mostly in public places usually…

Do you hear that? Come closer. That’s the sound of my heart breaking. My son has always loved the ocean. His eyes match the sea, changing from blue…

For most of my childhood, I was your typical ugly kid: a dynamite blend of coke-bottle glasses, braces with neon rubber bands, and pasty-white, gangly limbs. I say this…

The little one wakes up at the same time every morning, give or take 15 minutes. Never mind that it’s the weekend. I long to sleep in, but…

I’m laughing because he’s laughing; he has a makeshift cat collar around his neck (yeah, really). He meows and rolls his shoulders, pushing them up and over whilst…

There are so many things that I wish I’d known before filing for divorce. I would have saved time, money and heartache (maybe even some of my sanity)…