Imagine you’re staring your biggest, scariest nightmare right in the face. You know you feel like crying, you might even get angry, and you definitely don’t want to feel it. Your body reacts with chills, sweats, and tremors. You’re...
It was a warm April day in 2017 when I heard a knock at the front door. It was my next-door-neighbor with all three of my triplets, buck naked.
“I found these guys dancing on my lawn,” he said with...
As my mom's cancer progressed, it started sinking in that I would have to prepare my three-year-old for “Mimi’s” death. Death is not an easy thing for anyone to understand, much less a small child. When I became a...
We had just finished eating dinner. My second grader and I were sitting at the dining room table when he pulled a worksheet out of his Captain America backpack. It was the homework packet he had lost earlier that...
I was scrolling through Facebook the other day and saw a post that got me thinking. You know, in a philosophical, what’s-the-meaning-of-life kind of way. Are you ready? You might want to sit down for this one. I’ll wait…
Someone...
El contenido en este artículo no representa un consejo médico, son simplemente los remedios caseros que yo o mi familia hemos aplicado para tratar de aminorar algunos síntomas o enfermedades. Por favor, no cambien una opinión médica profesional o...
Remember when your parents were always hovering over you with a thousand worries when you were a kid? “Eat your vegetables” and making sure you ate enough was a daily discussion. Ugh! My parents worried about us getting sick....
I am a “medium maintenance” mama. Definitely not a super girly-girl, but I enjoy spa days and cabin camping over the pitch-a-tent-and-sleep-on-the-ground type of adventure. I have very clear memories of playing G.I. Joe on the elementary school playground...
Yoga pants are amazing. They don't care whether my breakfast was a kale smoothie or a chocolate doughnut. They look great with a ponytail. They might fool you into thinking I'm going to exercise today when really I just...
This morning it happened again. My eldest daughter—a brilliant, kindhearted honor roll student—left her lunchbox on the kitchen table before scampering out the door. By the time I realized what had happened, she, her sister, and their father were...
My daughter chose to attend college far away—1,782 miles, to be exact, courtesy of Google Maps. I juggle my concerns, both real and imagined, about her life and experiences so many miles away. Parenting can be scary and hard,...
Back in 1988, my great-grandmother died and my world became far less wonderful.
Born in 1899, she had been the first of six to a Methodist mother and a Baptist missionary father. They'd traveled Texas and even spent time in...
Birthdays. We know of their arrival well in advance and have zero excuses to procrastinate, but they sneak up on us when we least expect them, as if to remind us of our shortcomings in planning for the big...
If you find yourself ready to pop the cork, why not pop the top on a classic—dare we say trendy?—snack and maybe save a glass while you're at it? Expertly* paired and ready for your adventurous palate, these top...
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