April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
If I'm completely honest with you, this topic is something I would usually avoid reading (much less writing about). I'm already a bit of a worry-wart of a...
Our country is just now bouncing back from one of the worst flu epidemics we've ever encountered. I sure hope your family steered clear of that beast!
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but now it's time...
Motherhood
One morning this amazing, little human stood at her classroom door showing bravery everywhere but on her face. She waved to me with all five fingers scrunched and said, “Bye bye, Mama!” Yet when my eyes met hers, she...
Hypothetical Social Media Post:
Frustrated Mom: “I am SO SICK of Claire fighting me when I give her medicine! I can’t even tell if she got the full dose!”
Well-meaning friend 1: “Have you tried mixing it in grape juice?”
Well-meaning friend...
This year, my husband and I coached our little girls’ basketball team and it was so much fun. Trying to get eight little girl personalities all on the same page to be a team is like trying to herd...
I had never cried myself to sleep until the night we came home from Bobby’s vasectomy consultation. Let me remind you, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer not too terribly long ago and never once did I...
As little girls, many of us picture growing up and meeting the man of our dreams, starting a family, and living a happily-ever-after kind of life. Sure, as we become grown-ups we realize that nothing is perfect. There are...
I'm one of those people who has never been able to sit still in life. I'm always looking for the next thing, the next adventure, or the next project to tackle. It's exhausting, it's exhilarating, and it's been my...
We are deeply grieved by the recent shooting at a Florida high school in which many innocent lives were lost and families were torn apart. As we hug our families tightly, let us remember those who have suffered greatly...
I see you, Mom with Toddlers. I remember those days of always feeling like I was one step away from a catastrophe. I remember never sitting through an entire meal in a restaurant without having to take someone outside...
In + Around Birmingham
Guide to Tea Houses in Alabama
Allow me to introduce one of my favorite types of establishment: the tea house. If you've been to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, you may...
