Depression, Chronic Pain, and Motherhood
Without a doubt, the last five years of my life have been stressful. From the moment I conceived our second child, she had problems; therefore,…
Without a doubt, the last five years of my life have been stressful. From the moment I conceived our second child, she had problems; therefore,…
Too often kids learn about “the birds and the bees” through playground sex ed or from the media. Determined to have my 8-year-old daughter learn the facts…
I felt let down. Four kids four and under, plenty of things going on, and we’re trying to step out of the ol’ boat in…
For most of my life, I’ve been a high achiever. I’ve made goals and stuck to them. Things have not always worked out as I…
As I saw them enter the restaurant and take their seats I thought, Oh, how sweet. A mother taking her young son out on a…
Another Mother’s Day has come and gone. I don’t know about you, but if there was a mother-of-the-year award, I’d be out of the running….
“I DON’T WANT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!” He was doing that distinctive wiggle on his chair, and he’d been doing it for 10 minutes. Rather than another…
My husband and I talked again this week on ways to rein in the budget a little tighter, as I’m sure a lot of you…
I recently heard an interesting observation about warfare that inspired me to inspect my “battle plan” for parenting. The speaker related how a general’s battle plan…
Tuesday was a hard, hard day. Sitting in an auditorium filled with the sounds of weeping teens and parents. The worst nightmare of every parent…