Kid’s Birthday Ideas: When You Are Out of Time, Money, or Energy
Is one of your kid’s birthdays coming up and you find yourself out of time, money, or energy? I hear you, sister. Don’t worry. I’ve got a plan. Read on. So, I keep having babies in the fall for some reason, which means 3 (soon to be 4) of my kid’s birthdays sneak up on […]
What I’m Glad I Didn’t Know Before Having My First Baby
My husband and I became pregnant with our first daughter 7 months into our marriage. We were sooo excited to start our family and blissfully ignorant of the intense changes parenthood would bring to our lives. Here is a list of things, looking back, I am glad I didn’t know before having my first baby. […]
Finding Joy Again (How I Overcame Depression)
How One Man’s life was changed by a lesson from his mother (I am going to preface this with a disclaimer: This is my experience and in no way should it be seen as a cure all for everyone. How I overcame depression is my own experience. I know that there are a […]
Parenting With Love
As the arrival of our first little boy is coming closer and closer, I’m finding myself becoming more and more aware and worried about my weaknesses and how I can be the best possible mother for our little guy and future children. Some of my thoughts have been: Will I be consistent? Will they always […]
How to Know if a Movie is Decent BEFORE you go see it
Don’t be that person that finds yourself walking out of a movie realizing you have just wasted 2 hours of your life that you will never, EVER get back again. Think of everything you could have accomplished during that time! You could have written an award-winning essay on the health benefits of eating tree bark […]
How to Pick a Car Seat that Won’t Send Your Husband to JAIL (One Father’s Humorous Perspective)
I am a father. I am concerned for the newly made fathers. They are naive. They are innocent and ignorant of what awaits them. I can no longer be silent. My voice must be heard. If I can teach just one father how to pick a car seat that will help them avoid jail time […]