Parenting

Little eyes are always watching, little ears are always listening. My four girls recently had a front row seat to how well (or as it turns out not well) I stand up for myself. Our car was recently rear ended in...

Sibling Beef If you give a child a cookie, odds are her sister will want the same exact cookie with the same amount of chocolate chips and not an edge short. This was my experience all summer with ages 3...

Fellow moms, I'm trying to change my ways. These days, I'm more Grinch than great, and I want to reform. I want to become a "YES!" mom, and I need to be held accountable. What is a "YES!" mom,...

The holidays have come and gone and it's time to get our kids ready for another semester of school. If you’re wondering how you’ll possibly get your kids back into the hustle and bustle of a normal routine after...

With the flip-top wooden desks and lack of computers or iPads, you could easily mistake my daughter's classical school for something out of the 1950s. But it's not a longing for the good old days that motivated my husband...

Being a Mom is Tough Parenthood is a blessing and children are a gift; however, it doesn’t take away from the tough challenges we face every day. I remember how much bliss I felt right after having my baby. I...

Moming is hard! SO many different experiences, options, choices, and decisions to make for some little person who depends on you. Moming as a black mom is extremely hard. Culturally there are a different set of worries and norms...

So many times we think we are doing the best we possibly can when working with our exes regarding our children. A lot of times we think we can’t do any better, or that we have exhausted all efforts....

THE BEGINNING One day in early January 2015, our lives took a sharp turn and we found ourselves on the rollercoaster that is CHD (congenital heart defects/disease). My precious daughter has a critical heart defect; she has a heart that...

A couple of weeks ago I had an experience with my youngest daughter that lasted all of ten seconds but still continues to make me physically ill when I truly think about it.  I keep replaying the moments in...

I saw a video today, and the caption said “This is why I want a daughter”. In that moment, I thought about the little girl that I hold so dear to my heart and I became sad because I...

It was the day after Halloween and somehow my two preschoolers had already devoured the entire Amazon and Target holiday toy catalogs. Wish lists ensued. Endless questions and talk of  gadgets they “had to have” overflowed. Confession: at first...