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Back to school time means new planners, new backpacks, new shoes, new clothes. It also means new routines, new classes, new teachers, new expectations, new personalities, new activities. New can be really exciting. It can also be extremely overwhelming,...

Food. It's both my friend and my enemy.  All of my life, I've had an on and off relationship with food. Lately I've been really examining why this is. Why do I turn to food in both good times...

If you are like me, the thought of your child going through any sort of medical procedure outside of normal well-checks may have you scared.  That is how I felt when we found out our two-year-old daughter needed to...

Between the glue sticks and the composition notebooks, we find our fellow moms. We will meet up again in the aisle alongside the colored folders. Together, we help decipher our supply lists and figure out which ones are the...

Running a marathon taught me a lot about myself, but being a mother is constantly teaching me something new. This summer has been a revolving theme: In her own time. My daughter has been afraid of putting her head under...

Though it’s been a long time since I’ve been in school, every time the end of May comes around I start to get nostalgic for the long, lazy, unscheduled days of my childhood summer. As someone that now works...

This past spring I had three different opportunities to see women with whom I’ve been friends for more than twenty years. The first was a chance to reconnect with one of my closest friends and colleagues, when our professional...

“The key to happiness is low expectations.  Lower.  Nope, even lower.  There you go.”  ~Ramblin' Mama I came across this quote online.  I read it and it was a light bulb moment, people.  This Type A mama needed to lower her...

I grew up in Missouri, and I remember my dad giving me the driver's manual for my 15th birthday. Thank goodness, too, because the day I turned 15.5 years, he took me up to take my written test. Those...

Hello, summertime! Summer is my favorite season! It's the time to be outdoors from sun up to sun down, spend time on the boat, in the pool, read books on the patio, drink lemonade, and catch fireflies. Summer is also trauma...