If your child has been bullied, and you're feeling all alone - don't. This is much more common than you think; we're just not talking about it enough.
My daughter is in third grade, but we have been dealing with...
Just before Mother's Day, one year ago, I got a devastating call... My mother had been involved in a motorcycle accident and was in the ICU. I tried to call her wife, but my sister answered. My step mama...
My father struggles with depression tendencies…so does my mother-in-law. They both passed it down to my husband and me. And, we just had to find each other in this great big world. What a combination!
As they say, “The struggle...
In my early twenties, I spent two and a half years living in Haiti.
I met my husband there. I raised my two youngest siblings there - both Haitian, both awesome. I shared a home with teenage mothers and their...
Looking back as far as elementary school, I can remember always having an appreciation for fancy pens, stickers, and any kind of stationary or cards that I could get my hands on. I sent cards to thank people for...
Everything changed when I became a mom; my sleep habits, my body, my budget, my marriage, my priorities, my soul, my heart. One thing that has never changed - how much I value and appreciate you. If it has...
Thirteen years ago, I was expecting you.
A baby boy. My first born. My first son. When I dreamed of who you would be, it was a player. No, not the kind that dates several people at once. The...
I recently read a post from Kim over on Madison Moms Blog that really struck a cord with me. She wrote a letter to the Stay-at-Home-Mom from the Working Mom and another to the Working Mom from the Stay-at-Home-Mom and...
The Unexpected Benefits of Photosensitivity
I just need to say that sometimes I am outright hiding from the world. People perhaps think I forgot to take my sunglasses off as I enter the wherever I happen to be at that...
The day we had a play date at the zoo, I looked at my husband and said, “This will be the last time I ever see them.” The “them” I am referring to used to be one of our...