Without a Baby to Hold – My story of Loss, Infertility, and Becoming a Mom
**Warning: sensitive content for those struggling with infertility and loss** I was teaching when I first realized it. I had missed my period. It was an out of body experience. I was on birth control pills and I took them regularly (at the time I forgot I had been on antibiotics for an extended period […]
Beyond Seuss and Silverstein :: Celebrating National Poetry Month with Your Kids
April is National Poetry Month, encouraging a celebration and an appreciation of poetry. Many people think of poetry as stodgy, inaccessible, highfalutin accumulations of big words or mushy, gushy, love dribble. And when it comes to poetry for kids, many people think only excessively (and sometimes annoyingly) rhyming or sing-songy poetry counts. But poetry, with […]
The Funny Thing About Infertility :: Part 2
Part 2 – Relationship Status with my Endocrinologist = It’s complicated As a recap: My husband and I are now the adoring parents of two young children: my 5 month old son and his older, cooler, and luckier (according to her) 3 year old sister. My husband and I consider ourselves extremely fortunate for everything […]
The Funny Thing About Infertility :: Part 1
Before I walk you through my personal experience with infertility, I’d like to note that my husband and I are now the adoring parents of two young children: A so far personality-less newborn baby boy and a drama queen of a toddler girl. All in, it took from September of 2013 – November of 2017 […]
Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group :: Our April Nonprofit of the Month
Memphis surpassed Salt Lake City this year to rank as the most generous metropolitan area in the United States, giving almost $6 of every $100 earned to philanthropy. With this in mind, the Memphis Moms Blog wants to feature a local Nonprofit every month. There are so many amazing organizations in our city dedicated to looking out […]
Best Friends
In my family growing up, there were three girls and one boy (and he was the youngest; poor kid). My husband grew up with a twin brother. Watching my husband and his brother interact over the years made me realize how unique and special brother relationships are. I’d never seen two brothers like that. I […]
How to Kill it as a Sports Mama
Constantly washing athletic uniforms? Using your lingerie laundry bag for washing shin guards instead of your fancy panties? Incessantly feeding people protein packed snacks? Running shuttle services to and fro the gym daily? Congratulations!! You’re a sports mom!! Now what? I haven’t found myself in this position unexpected; it’s not a surprise. I married a […]
My Plan For an “Intentional Year” Has Been a Bust So Far……..
Well mommas, the end of the first quarter of 2018 is under our belts and I must say, personally, it hasn’t been the best one on record. In fact, if Saliba and Company were a publicly traded business, we’d probably be apologizing to our investors right about now and hiring a publicist for damage control. […]
Kids Don’t Need Perfect Parents :: Perfecting the Parental “Do-Over”
Ever have one of “those days”? Days when the kids CANNOT get along. Days when you consider joining your screaming toddler on the floor at Target, because you CAN’T EVEN today. Days when you swear that you’re going to STOP THIS MINIVAN AND MAKE EVERYBODY WALK HOME. …Or is it just me? Don’t get me […]
Busy Mom Life Hacks {Meals}
Don’t forget to check out Part one of our series on Busy Mom Life Hacks! Part two of our series moves onto meal planning/prep/feeding everyone all the meals all the days. This category is a doozey! Feeding people sounds like it’s not that big of a deal. I actually did love to cook once, when it was […]