I’ve renamed Mother’s Day, “Mother’s Day Off.” I like to spend the day relieved of my motherly duties, which means no working, no cooking, no cleaning… for the whole day… and not just breakfast time (after all it is Mother’s DAY, not Mother’s MORNING). I use the entire Mother’s Day weekend. On Saturday, we get together [...]
When my daughter was a newborn, my brain still had not caught up to the fact that my life had completely changed. Being a first time mother, I was madly in love with my brand new little girl but also completely exhausted and bewildered. This tiny bundle had not only turned my life upside down [...]
My mom was a young, single mother until I was ten. She had to work and my grandmother cared for me. My grandmother took me to school, cooked my meals, read to me from the Bible, and taught me to pray. I remember hot bowls of oatmeal with butter, sugar, carnation cream and two slices [...]
Mother’s Day is approaching. What’s a good gift for the occasion? A bouquet of red roses? Pearl earrings? Tickets to a show on Broadway? How about something less conventional and more touching? 1) Sign up with MSN e-cards. They will allow you to send a cute message, upload a picture and leave a free voice-mail [...]
It seems that lately my calendar is becoming quite full. I proudly boast to anyone who will listen that I’m a fiancée and mother, full-time employee, graduate student, writer, aspiring life coach, and in my “spare time” I love to volunteer. (To top all of that off, I’m also currently planning my wedding!) How do I [...]
The other day I found myself saying, “I can’t believe what kids are wearing these days!” Then I shook my head in shock and thought, who am I? My mother? I certainly sound like her. I am only in my thirties for goodness sake, when did I become such a stick in the mud? I [...]
I was really just minding my business. After a flurry of trending topics, passive aggressive Facebook updates, disgruntled inspired blog posts and helpful hints that weren’t really that helpful, I just couldn’t help but be drawn into the fray. People were having problems. And I didn’t want any problems. But everywhere I looked it was forced into my view; Valentine’s Day. And I wasn’t avoiding it for the obvious reason of not having a Valentine.
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, so what do you have planned? You don’t have to go out for Valentine’s Day just to have a romantic evening. You can have a romantic evening in the privacy of your own home. It’s all about setting the mood! There are several things that you can do [...]
While most these days would say Valentine’s Day is a hallmark holiday there is actually some pretty interesting legend surrounding it. While it’s become a day to show your love for someone romantically special to you, we can use this holiday as parents to have fun open dialogue about romance and love as well [...]
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