Confession of a Mom from the Bathtub
Before I tell you about my attempt at a beautiful, hot, bubbly, calm, relaxing bath, let me remind you that I am married, have 4 dogs, 5 kids (17, 15, 7, 6, & 3), and they were all home. Well, that sounds like the end of the bath right there! But, I persisted! I even […]
Exhausted Night Owl By Choice
I am a night owl. I love staying up late. I almost never hit the pillow before midnight and a lot of times it is 1 or 2 am. I’m not saying it’s healthy, I’m just saying it’s true. I also get up by 6 or 7 every morning, so it’s not like I am […]
Sippin’ Local :: Memphis Area Coffee Shops
Real Talk :: Breastfeeding Sucks
Breastfeeding is the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. Hands down. It requires more discipline and sacrifice than the most restrictive diet or exercise regimen I’ve ever tried. Let me be straight with you, I haven’t actually ever been successful with any diet or exercise regimens. And, I haven’t really tried. My husband and I […]
Becoming a Mom Made Me Love Social Media Again
I was just over it. My Facebook feed was full of political rants and sharing #fakenews from all sides. My Instagram feed was full of instafamous yogis and coffee shops in other cities. (How and why had I followed so many random, hipster coffee shops over the years?) And I abandoned the ladder-climbing mentality of […]
How to Help a New Special Needs Mama
I’ve been a special needs mama for five years now. As time goes on, I often think back to my first year of being a Mama. I think of all the things I wish people had said or done for me during that stressful first year. Here’s what I think every new Special Needs Mama needs […]
Rosh Hashanah :: Happy New Year!
Good New Year! L’Shana Tovah! So many of my friends send me this message during this week, but many of them do not know what the Jewish New Year is all about. This is a quick dive into all the things that make the Jewish New Year so sweet! When it happens Rosh Hashanah means […]
The Gold Ring
Recently, I completed a difficult summer-long work assignment in California, where I served as a Teaching Counselor for middle and high school age girls. I stepped in to fulfill the role after multiple people quit due to workplace difficulties. The experience was a rollercoaster ride, where I found myself working fourteen-hour days, laughing one minute […]
Confessions of A First-Time Chicken Farmer
What happens when you walk with your kids into Tractor Supply? You walk out with a box full of baby chickens, that’s what. And why get JUST ONE chick when you can get FOUR? Anyway, long story short, my kids asked to buy chicks, and now … we have a small flock in our backyard. […]
No Time for Fake Friendships (Cultivating Real Friendships)
We all have an innate, built-in desire to have intimate relationships with other people. Real relationships can be messy and require a personal risk. We have to be willing to be vulnerable and transparent in order to be fully known and to fully know someone else. It also takes time and the intention to have […]