I was speaking with a friend a few months back who told me she was looking for a motto, a phrase, a whatever to tell herself in the morning to set the tone for the day. She was looking for...
"When are you having your second child?" One of the most dreaded question for new parents who have battled infertility. It's a question that comes from innocent people trying to have something to start a conversation. But it carries...
It was hot. Seriously, uncomfortably hot on the day I ventured to the playground with my 2- year-old daughter and my mom. I felt like the trophy mom as I took time out of my busy Saturday morning to...
It is now midnight and I am just now eating dinner. Or, it is two o'clock in the afternoon and I am just now leaving the house. Do these two scenarios sound familiar? If so, you {like me} must be...
Yes, I said it. I am a teenybopper. It's been twenty years since I was 13 and stood outside Houston's version of DTE Energy Theatre, anxiously waiting to see those three blond bombshells perform their infectious hit song. But...
"When are you going to have another baby?" "You need to give your son a sibling!" "Are you going to have more kids?" All of these seemingly harmless comments I hear almost on a daily basis. Most people think, "It's no big...
Being pregnant is a somewhat selfish time for me. It is a snapshot of this life that is just baby and me. I get to share the amazing changes pregnancy brings. I am the one who experiences bodily changes...
Holding your child back a grade is one of those moments that you wish you never have to encounter as a parent. But in moments like these, you join together as a family and get ready for the road...
If you're like me, you look forward to the end of summer and fall because that means football and tailgating. I grew up loving sports. In high school, you'd catch me every Friday night cheering on my high school team....