"Leisure shopping" is a thing of my past. In my current, stay-at-home-mom situation, online shopping has saved me too many times to count.
I've purchased furniture to underwear to gifts on Amazon. A few items stand out above the rest...
The costumes, the huge stadiums, the intimate songwriting sessions, the adorable cats....There are a lot of exciting reasons to watch the new documentary on Netflix that followed Taylor Swift through her last two tumultuous albums and world tours. (Major...
We both knew it could happen, but we hoped that it wouldn’t.
We had talked about it and tried to imagine plans for different scenarios.
My husband had been placed on furlough already, people at his company were getting laid off...
I’ve wanted to celebrate Juneteenth for awhile. I didn’t grow up knowing much about the holiday, and it wasn’t something that we celebrated in my family. I’ve been to numerous Fourth of July celebrations, cookouts, etc., but I don’t...
This pandemic has been going on for longer than anyone expected, and it made the world switch to a whole new reality of virtual everything.
We’ve all done it––Zoom meetings, virtual happy hours, and FaceTime family game night. We’ve been...
What is one thing you do every day to improve or support your health? Mine is juicing! I juice because it tastes great and I adore doing it! I love knowing that I’m gifting my body all the electrolytes,...
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Spring Break is upon us! After the year we've had, many of us are itching to get out of the house. While a big, family vacation might not be in the cards yet, consider a day trip to a...
For as long as I can remember, I have been in a toxic relationship with my scale. For the better part of my “adulthood” I have measured more than a number on its digital display, admittedly way more than...
I know I’m not the only one who feels robbed of time lately. Robbed of the last year where we sat out special events, family celebrations, traditional schooling, and more. Personally, I spent a lot of time at home,...
I had an extremely medicalized, heavily monitored pregnancy and C-section, and because of that (and, you know, COVID) I never really considered the option of finding a doula to help support me at the end of my pregnancy. I...
Welcome to the vortex between Halloween and New Year.
Dusk comes more quickly, runny noses flow, school family-involvement activities are at an all-time high, and like the advice given on wedding days, you'd better "take it all in" and make...
If you live with a young human, you know what it’s like to lose your patience. If you haven’t reached your emotional limit while a small child tries to set the high score for new decibel levels, are you...
My daughter just finished her freshman year and—full disclosure—this time last year I was a nervous wreck about sending her to high school. Oddly enough, I had the same exact concerns and apprehensions about sending her to high school...
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Summer is upon us, and the name of the game is, "Keep the Kids Occupied." Many schools send home summer reading tasks but reading...
