Recently I was talking to a friend that I’ve known for over a year now, and she suggested that I share with this community a little bit more about why I founded Richmond Moms Blog.
I’m a naturally optimistic person....
Each of us dreams of having our home organized, direct from the Architectural Digest. A haven which is totally our own, that meets our every need and is unique to our taste. Beautiful in it's presence.
With that in mind,...
I'm a born and raised Richmond girl from the heart of the Fan.
Well technically, I grew up “West of the Boulevard.” It's easier to say the Fan because people who aren’t from here don’t know what WOB (as we...
It's crazy how having a kid can really change up your priorities.
My husband and I have both made changes this year that I don't think either of us saw coming. Now that we have a third member in our...
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 more than the fall leading into winter for me.
All four of our family’s birthdays are...
My son is a lot of things – kind, smart, funny. Notice that athletic didn’t make the list.
He doesn’t even fall in the “sports are really hard but I’m going to keep trying with all my might until I...
As a parent, our role is to take care of our kiddos until the day when they can step out on their own. Sometimes it doesn't even stop then. Now it’s great that when they graduate from high school...
As the Twelve Days of Christmas come to an end, here is a little song I think we can all relate to.
On the first day of motherhood my dear child gave to me,
A toy stuck in the neighbor's tree.
On...
Waking up on the first fall-ish school morning in RVA, and there it is on Morning Joe---news of the now-deadliest shooting in U.S. history.
Sometime after 10pm, on a Sunday night, a lone shooter with no particular target(s), rains bullets...
As you know, the March for Our Lives happened this past weekend. Several of the writers for our community attended the march and shared that it was an incredibly moving and powerful experience. We have so much hope for...
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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”...
