Tag: mom

How to Love Your Body :: Stop Hating It

I had my daughter over a year ago, and the baby weight is still hanging around. I’m not surprised since I haven’t done anything...

Keeping it togther – simple ways to thrive in the chaos...

It’s FALL!  It is finally cooler, and the days are becoming shorter.  If you are anything at all like me, you are already burned...

Why I Want Nothing for Mother’s Day

Has anyone asked you what you want for Mother’s Day this year? Yeah, me neither BUT I have given a lot of thought as...

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”...

Was I Meant to be a Mom?

Let me just start off by saying I love my kids. Wholeheartedly. Unconditionally. Would do anything and everything for them kind of love. That being said,...

It’s a Beautiful Spring Day…Why So Glum?

Every year the same thing happens. Winter lingers a bit longer than I would like, spring is on the horizon and I begin to...

Why I Didn’t Write That Blog Post Today

I am the primary caretaker of two small children and have a part-time job.  End of story. Seriously, though, here's what happened. I woke up...

A Slow Season: A Mother Missing Her Mom in January

A mother’s year ebbs and flows with the seasons. School semesters, sports teams, birthdays, holidays, vacations, sickness.  But all the seasons are busy ones, and none...

RVA Moms Share Stories of Adoption – Share Your Adoption Story!

According to Wikipedia Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in...

I’m Sorry, Mom :: An Empathetic Apology Decades Later

Mom, I owe you many apologies, I'm sure! But this one keeps coming back to me every time I fall sick now.  You probably don't...