Looking for new Super Bowl foods to try this year? Want to broaden your palate? Or maybe just keep the kids from complaining that there’s “nothing” to eat? Or perhaps you need to appeal to a wider range of tastes beyond the usual Buffalo wings? I’m here for all of you! The Big Game is […]
8 Covid 19 Recovery Truths Nobody Talks About
Covid 19 recovery is different for everyone. However, recovery does not mean getting discharged from the hospital. It doesn’t mean not dying. Recovering from Covid 19 is a long, hard road. I know because I’m on it. In March 2021, I tested positive for Covid 19. I was tested on a Saturday, got the results […]
5 Rules To Learn How To Speak Up For Yourself
How do teens learn how to speak up for themselves? Here are 5 basic rules to follow when they aren’t sure if they NEED to say something.
Teen Life Lessons: My Birthday Wish For My Kids
Today is my birthday, and I’m thinking about the teen life lessons I wish I understood so many years ago. There is one, in particular, I’m determined to give my teenagers. One of the most important teen life lessons is the idea that teens not only CAN contribute to the greater good of our world […]
5 Reasons This Is The Best Online Tutoring Service
If you think your child might need an online tutoring service, my best advice is not to wait. For the last 18 months, kids have had to deal with a variety of school issues. Some have been online. Others are hybrid, or dealing with contact tracing episodes. There are kids who have missed large swaths […]
A Parent’s Prayer for Peace
Who am I write a prayer for peace? Who am I to lead anyone spiritually? Why would I think that something I wrote could help others? I honestly don’t know the answers to all of these questions, but I do know that these words help me get through each day. And maybe they can help […]
3 Reasons This Parenting Style Makes Me Feel So Seen
What’s your parenting style? Having a teenager sure changed mine! Check out the best analogy of parenting teens I’ve ever seen.
19 Surprising Ways CBD Oil Was Made For Modern Moms Like Me
So you’ve heard about CBD oil, right? It’s one of the newest, latest, greatest trends to hit the health and wellness scene. However, it was only recently that I thought CBD could be used by moms like me. I mean, it was for hipster millennials, retired hippies, and anyone who lives in California, right? WRONG. […]
3 Ways to Teach Kindness and Inspire Kids to Do Good
All parents want to teach kindness to our kids, right? We want them to grow up to be empathetic, good, honest, upstanding citizens. However, that doesn’t just happen. They don’t automatically lean towards kindness. We can help them though. I have made a concrete goal of doing things to teach kindness to my four kids. […]
This 2020 Holiday I Want To Give You Permission To Feel Just About Anything
I’d like to give you permission to be f’ing pissed. For a lot of us, the 2020 holiday season stinks. The world is not how it should be right now. It is not how it always was. Up is down. Black is white. There is so much we can’t count on, so much that is […]
