What are your "must-follow" Instagram accounts for parents?  "Oh my gosh, you have to follow _______, they have changed my life!"  Which Instagrammer are you constantly telling other parents about?  I've got two kids under five right now (and...

I Get It Now

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Dear Mom, I get it now. I understand a lot of why you did and said what you did while I was growing up. It makes sense why you do and say a lot of what you do now that I am...
Senior Year... Homecoming, snake dances, bonfires, senior prom, senior skip day. Getting out early, just one more college visit, and last but not least graduation. All the events that make up a senior year. Twenty-some years later I still remember...
National Drowning Prevention Month May is National Drowning Prevention month and to be honest I was completely unaware of this up until two years ago. The thought of drowning was never on my radar until two years ago when my next-door...
Every year there are ads for great Mothers' Day gifts from flowers, cards, and candy to gorgeous jewelry and everything in between. One market that surprisingly isn't used very much though is mom getaways. It's a day to honor...
If I could give you any gift in the world, sweet boy, it would be your innocence. You came into the world over 3 weeks early, so small and frail. At a petite 6lbs even, you fit in your dad’s...
Dreaming Of A Future  If you are anything like me then in your younger years you dreamed about what your life would be like when you were older. College, marriage, career, children... When my husband and I were first married (seven...
Go ahead and call me a Mama Bear because I am that Mom. There is not a day that has gone by in my life as a mother that I haven't cheered on or supported my children. I would have...
Toddlers am I right? We love them and it can be such a fun age but man they can run you down! I'm currently going through a stage of full-blown meltdowns, tantrums, screams, and little verbal communication. If this is...
While walking along the river at Side Cut Metropark last year, my eight-year-old spotted some discarded fishing lures.  Like any kid, he felt he had to collect these. Like any kid, now that he was armed with hooks, he decided...