I am a mom on a precipice.
I’ve never felt this way before, but then again, I have never been a mother to adult children, including an 18-year-old (who thinks she’s an adult) and grandmother to three children. Not to...
I was only a mother for about 20 minutes when they wheeled me into the recovery room and put my new baby girl...
If you read my last post, you know that I love the fall even more than I appreciate the summer. And October is when fall really gets going. It’s also my birthday month and the month of my favorite...
The first time you have a baby, every person you meet wants to give you their opinion on raising your child. They want to tell you what to do while pregnant, how to give birth, and what to expect...
If there's one item I couldn't have lived without in the last couple of years, it's a baby carrier.
Being able to wear my babies has been an absolute joy and necessity. I have a stroller, but I do not...
Pregnancy is a time of so many important decisions. Which birthplace should you choose? How do you pick your birth team? And an important choice to make is desired mode of birth.
With more awareness about the pelvic floor and...
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This is an important opportunity to speak with our kids about the disease and how they can help others that may be affected by it. Each year my town (Mount Pleasant) puts on...
I know as a teacher, I’m not supposed to say this, but I love September. I think of that old Staples commercial where the dad is prancing through the aisles of school supplies as the holiday song “It’s the...
My 10-year-old just learned how to make balloon animals. She bought a bunch of balloons and materials with her own money. She was so excited to acquire a new skill, and in a matter of hours, she learned to...
“Can we get doughnuts tomorrow morning, Mama, and eat them on the beach?”
“Of course, sweet girl! Sounds good to me.”
As we sat on the dewy sand, enjoying a doughnut date with the seagulls, I was reminded of the...