Raising Daughters

It's full. Completely crammed full. There is no more room. Not an inch of space, a centimeter of air, a millimeter of light. It is so full that things are falling out. Important things. Like children's names. The time I need to wake my kids up for school. My name. It has actually become a [...]

I won't lie. I have gotten angry. I have been frustrated. I have felt like a failure as a mother. I have blamed her, blamed myself, blamed my own laziness as a mom for the issue. I figure: she'll grow out of it by the time she is 5... 7... 10. Well, at almost 11, [...]

Do you just love to garden? Do you wish your kids loved to garden with you? Say no more! This article will share some key components gardening with kids so they will love it too. My favorite reason for springtime is getting out in the garden. There is just something special about digging in the [...]

I am sitting at a Starbucks, laptop open, typing away. I am checking posts, stats and searching for new ways to bring income into my home with my business. My oldest is at school but my two other daughters are next to me, creating funny faces on a app on their phone. My mom guilt [...]

I am not a prude. At least, I don't think I am. I am all about live and let live. Love who you want. Care for who you want. Do what you want. Just don't lie, cheat, use or take advantage of someone else in the process. Especially someone who is vulnerable and searching for [...]

There has been something that has bothered me immensely since seeing the Turpin Child Abuse case in California this month. Surely you have seen it on the news and online. 13 children, ages 2- 29, were tied up, shackled, beaten, starved and made to live like complete animals. I can barely read all of the [...]

It has been a while since I have sat down and purged onto my computer screen. Shared my story. Engaged with you guys, my trusty online pals that always seem to know the right things to say. I am not talking about the products that I incorporate into posts, those have not stopped, but I [...]

Hurricane Harvey has come and gone, and Hurricane Irma is now threatening the coast of Florida. Add the fires to the northwest, and it seems natural disasters are all over. If you're looking for ways you can help out those affected in Texas, then you've come to the right place. Here you will find companies, [...]

Single Motherhood and the Reality of Relationship Jealousy It may surprise some of you to know that I embrace single motherhood with everything I have. I absolutely love it. To me, anyway, it is so much easier than being married was. Not because I did not value the parenting help and opinion of another adult [...]

She is Growing Up too Fast and I am Terrified I darted straight up in bed, a thin layer of sweat covering my body and blinked a few times to gain my bearings. The house was dark and quiet sans the sounds of my beagle, Piper, snoring. Jack and Joy formed two bumps under the [...]