PART 1: MY MOM’S CONDITIONAL LOVE Growing up, I would do anything to make my mom happy. Her love was the sun around which my world revolved, and for as long as I can remember, I was in her orbit. When she was happy, her love radiated off of her, and I would bask in […]
Archive for February 2019
I used to love watching episodes of The Dog Whisperer, and even attended a book signing for Cesar Milan himself in New York many years ago. The three rules he constantly reiterated for happy and well-balanced dogs were exercise, discipline, and affection, in that order. When we had kids, we thought back to Cesar’s philosophy […]
Snowy just turned five, and for the last six months, her biggest challenge, as well as our biggest challenge raising her, has been dealing with her emotions. Snowy is an amazing kid, and I love being her mom. But, like all kids, Snowy has her unique challenges. She is a very active, hyper child. She […]
One of the biggest news stories making the rounds on the internet this week is the Momo suicide game and youtube videos that use popular children’s characters like Peppa Pig to show children how to kill themselves and self harm. What kind of person would do this sort of thing?! My kids don’t have access to […]
When I was a kid, I didn’t have many restrictions on sugar. My brother and I ate all the sweet cereals like Super Golden Crisp, Pops, Honeycomb, Cap’n Crunch, and Lucky Charms. We had Hi-C and Capri Suns in our lunches, as well as Fruit Roll ups for a snack, and of course Lunchables or […]
I was born in a hospital half an hour from the house where I lived for 18 years, where my parents still live. My dad worked for the same company my entire life, which he is now retired from. I went to the same school district my entire life, graduating from the high school two […]
Before I was a SAHM, I was a WAHM. I’ve haven’t had a regular 9-5 job for about 6 years, and have never worked outside the home at all as a mom! It’s definitely been quite the transition. A quick selfie before I take off to work I officially started to lose steam as a SAHM when […]
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