The pressures of work can be tough. Meeting deadlines and keeping your boss happy can sap your energy and leave you empty by the time you get home each evening. But, your primary commitment should be …
The Pain of Watching Your Teen Struggle
The teenage years are a time of making some of the best memories of your life as well as dealing with some of the biggest challenges of your life. My teenage years seemed to be mostly the latter and t…
What Makes a Mom Sad?
When you’re pregnant with your first baby, you think you’re in for a world of rainbows, unicorns, and magical fairy dust from the minute he or she is born, and then for the eighteen years that follow.…
Tell the Kids that Santa’s in a Recession
Each year, around this time, children sit down at the table and write a letter to Santa, providing him with a bit of insight into all the things they’d like to see under the tree on Christmas morning.…
The Pressure of the Christmas Season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…or at least it’s supposed to be. In actuality, countless people become entirely overwhelmed by the “demands” that the Christmas season brings. It’s hard to mak…
Little Children, Headache; Big Children, Heartache
This old proverb exists for a reason, because it’s absolutely true! Of course not every little child is a headache, nor is every big child a heartache. By this I mean, not all babies, toddlers, and gr…
Have Teen Fashions Improved Over the Years
I grew up in the eighties and nineties. The former was one of the most ridiculous decades in fashion since the advent of time itself. The latter was actually quite conservative in comparison. Travelin…
Do Moms Feel Guilty All the Time
“Mom guilt”…it’s an actual thing. For some women, it starts before they’re even pregnant with their first child. When my husband and I started the process of trying to conceive, so many questions popp…
The Challenges of Adding a Second Child to the Family
Nothing is as life-changing as having your first baby. No matter how informed you are or how many people have warned you, you can’t sufficiently prepare for the shock of becoming a parent for the firs…
Children Know When a Marriage is in Trouble
So, things have started to unravel between you and your spouse. It either happened overnight, or gradually, over the years. Perhaps there was infidelity involved, or maybe you just grew apart. Either …