Recently, I heard a story about a young mom who was looking to hire a photographer to document the birth of her first child. For medical reasons (not that it should matter), she was having a planned c-section. A particular photographer came highly recommended. Upon request of the photo shoot, the photographer told the mom
Each Thanksgiving, I take inventory of the things I am grateful for. While I am never more or less appreciative, one year to the next, there are times where events like births or deaths act as glowing reminders of all that we are blessed with (and, more soberingly, how quickly those things may be lost). This
Removal of object unknown from privately owned liver. NOTICE TO QUIT Under instructions from the owner, Lilia Gomez, the mass situated at the left lower lobe of her liver (Tumor Unknown) is hereby given notice to vacate and NOT TO RETURN. The period of that notice being 6-7 hours from the service of this document. Date: October
A lot of pressure comes along with Valentine’s Day each year, am I right? Now, as someone who loves love, I truly look forward to V-Day but not necessarily because of the romantic aspect of it, really just because I view it as a celebration of all of the love in my life. I’m currently
1. You think you’re not. You are convinced you’re doing it all wrong. You try different parenting techniques and regardless of whether they are effective or not, you still question them. You’re inconsistent. You worry about every miniscule detail, both physically and emotionally. Your child doesn’t eat healthy enough, watches too much TV, gets too
Last week, I received an incredibly cool birthday gift from my spouse, a fitbit ChargeHR. The HR means this particular model comes in with a Heart Rate Monitor integrated into a watch. I’ve played with my new toy for a few days, and it’s a bit catchy. On my very first day, I earned 3 different badges:
When I became a mother, I was the first of my close friends to do so. I’d never seen anyone in my circle of friends go through this enormous life change, and nothing I’d read had prepared me for it. Even having a former career as a teacher left me wondering what I was supposed to
I am so proud of you mamas. I think we’re doing a pretty great of job lifting each other up around here and hopefully in real life too. Sometimes I think I do a better job supporting stranger mamas in their parenting than I do my own spouse. So, today I wanted to take today
In case you missed it, back in early March we held a special day called Moms for Moms Day as part of a collaboration between us and The Bump. It was a day meant to highlight CT Working Moms Campaign for Judgement-Free Motherhood and moms from across the U.S. helped us spread a message of
Early in my parenting journey one of my good friends said something to me that I’ll always remember and I often repeat to myself and to others. It usually starts like this – A friend or co-worker and I will be talking about our young families and she’ll say, I should really stop doing this
