“I don’t know how you do it? You always are so put together.” It’s a phrase I hear a lot. But, let’s face it...
At some point in our life we’ve all stumbled upon a penny on the ground.
If we’re lucky, it may have been heads up. If...
A few years ago, I applied for and became a finalist for a local government appointment.
Within minutes of the announcement of the finalists, the...
More than six years ago, I dropped my son off in his infant classroom for his very first day.
As a first-time mom and an...
I attended Richmond Moms Blog's Responding to Hard Topics event focused on the series 13 Reasons Why. I went to the event not thinking...
We’ve all seen the headlines. The flu is widespread in almost every state, and this year’s dominant strain is particularly severe.
Most terrifying of all...
Our love-hate relationship began with Mother Nature.
A hurricane canceled our son's first birthday party. His 2nd birthday party was never planned due to frequent...
At the end of the fall, one of the high schools called me. They had lost one of their AP physics teachers with less...
I'm an Anxious Person by Nature
In college, my perfectionism led to so much stress that I fell into a dark bout of Obsessive Compulsive...
I am a Black woman. I am a Black woman with a White mother. I am bi-racial. I am a bi-racial Black woman.
I have...
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Being a Millennial Mom in 2019: What it’s Actually Like
“I wouldn’t want to raise a kid today.”
That’s what you’ll hear from most adults over the age of 50. As a 33-year-old “Millennial Mom”...
