If your kids ever get squirmy, bored, and whiny (never, right?), don’t miss this list of my 10 favorite items to increase your summer family fun! “Can we go to the purple and green park?” More playgrounds, I inwardly chuckled. We were visiting the grandparents, and the kids’ favorite purple and green park was only […]
What Is Meal Planning? (And 8 Reasons Every Mom Should)
What should we have for dinner tonight? It’s the question I would ask myself every day around 4:30… and then I would start scrounging for food in the pantry, fridge and freezer. Inevitably I would end up frustrated that I couldn’t make the meal I wanted to make and stressed by the little people following […]
Recipe For A Happy Marriage: The Best Advice I Ever Received
My husband and I got married with only 4.5 hours of marriage counseling under our belts. I usually say it was three “weeks” of counseling, but technically it was three 90-minute sessions. When we got engaged we had never lived in the same city, and I didn’t want to tie the knot without experiencing some […]
How To Be A Better Mother Even If Hubby Travels For Work
“You’re going to be gone when the baby is born.” “I know,” he moaned. “And I’ll still be gone 5 months after that.” We were both in shock that we could even get pregnant without fertility help. And that I was already 10 weeks along. And that I would be solo-parenting not two but three […]
6 Ways To Take Care Of Yourself First As A Mom
As I drove away from the curb, I had a strange feeling. “Am I leaving someone behind?” I thought. “Should I be doing something productive? Something seems off.” And something was indeed out of the ordinary. I was heading off for 24 hours of free time– ME time— away from my kids and husband. I […]