Tips & Tricks

I’ve always felt like one of my duties as a parent is to raise responsible and independent children. Ones who can think for themselves, help those in need, and take responsibility for their own actions. The first way I can...

Back in my single days, I had no problem eating rice cakes, and whatever fruit or vegetable was left in the fridge. I could push my grocery shopping off another few days and pick up takeout on the way...

The kids are back to school, and soon there will be a nip in the air. I personally love fall. Maybe it is because I always loved going back to school, or maybe because college football is in my...

If you have school-aged children, I’m sure you are slowly getting back into the swing of things. As a teacher, I have to admit; I’m having a more challenging time adjusting than I thought I would. I feel like...

Stress relief and mood enhancement are two popular reasons to run. It’s good for your health too. Unfortunately, road running accidents are on the rise. I want to preface this by saying that women should never have to feel...

  Tears streamed down my face as I sat in my car in our elementary school parking lot. I picked up my daughter's first special education evaluation a week before my first IEP meeting for her was scheduled. The school special...

Every year after Labor Day, my mind drifts to Don Henley and his ’80s hit single, The Boys of Summer. I think of it as I walk the kids to school. As I drive past the roads that took...

As a self-proclaimed I-Can-Do-It-All-er, I decided to try my hand at raising my kids full-time, without help, and continue my career at home. Sounds peachy, right?  {Insert eye roll here} I’m four years into this WAHM (work-at-home-mom) gig, and I’m just...

Over the past eight months, my breast pump has become my surrogate best friend. Seriously. There are few people with whom I have spent more time than my pump. It’s a long story, but after encountering issues breastfeeding, which...

Between pandemic exhaustion, the overwhelmed healthcare system, and unspoken climate variability, we have been through a lot recently. We have lived through some of the most uncertain and traumatic experiences many of us will have faced in our lifetime—one...