With so much negativity thrown at us in the news and social media, it's sometimes hard to remember the world isn't all bad. In fact, most of the world is good. I've learned that "what you look for is...
First, let me start by saying that though I am failing, YOU didn't fail. You have your own life. Of course, you missed some signs that showed how severely I was floundering. How couldn't you? I am tired. I am sad. I...
I never thought at the age of 32 I would be writing about the unexpected death of a parent. Close to three months ago, I received a call that my father had passed. He wasn't sick. There weren't any...
I was one of the first people I knew who bought the book 13 Reasons Why. What has now become a Netflix series, shook me to my core with its words and relationships. I felt like I was reading...
Go! Go! Go! That's my life majority of the time. I was starting to forget to take a moment for myself for months at a time. Sure I would get my hair done every two weeks, but it was...
The holidays are hard. Not everyone has a picture perfect family situation. Every other year my daughter spends every other holiday with her dad. It is heartbreaking for me. I do my best to hold it together but it's awful. My daughter's...
“You can’t pour from an empty cup.” We’ve all heard the saying, but that doesn’t make it any less true. Let’s take a minute, Mama’s,  to check our cup’s status.  As moms it’s so easy to get caught up worrying...
My husband and I started our family when we were 22. We wanted a large family, so by the time I was 27 we had four children. We thought we were done. We didn’t want to make any rash...
Have I always struggled with anxiety and depression? Looking back as an adult now in my life and reflecting on being a kid... yes. I didn't have the words for it then but yes. I have always run on a...