After weeks of planning, fretting, praying, and packing - my husband and I boarded a plane for Hawaii and left our two children behind. This was our first trip alone since our children were born. Go big or go...
I hate the term "Mommy Wars." Are we really at war with one another? And if so, I don’t think I want to know the mommies who think that what they are doing is better than the next person--because if you...
New Year's resolutions always get me. Every year around Christmas, I get this sudden boost of confidence in my abilities to do everything better starting January 1st. Every year I make really cliché resolutions like "get in shape," "get...
I can vividly remember sipping a fruity drink on my honeymoon and talking to my then-new husband about taking a special trip for our future 10th wedding anniversary. I had it all planned out - I told you I was...
I was convinced that being a mom wouldn't change me. When I got married, my friends told me that, once I was a wife, I would be different. Independent by nature, I was convinced that it wouldn't be the...
Everyone always talks about the "Terrible Twos." We got through the two-year-old stage relatively unscathed at our house, and I felt #blessed. Very #blessed. Then, the day after my son's third birthday, we learned about "Threenagers." Our lives were...