Tag: life lessons

Moms, If You’re Tired of Social Distancing, Read This

Okay, here we are in a completely new world from a month ago, even a few weeks ago depending on where you live.  And let's...

Coaching a Preschooler’s Soccer Team: What I learned

This spring I did a thing. I signed both my (then) 4 year old and 3 year old up for soccer which in and...

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,...

How Strangers in Richmond Help Me Be A Better Mom

When the question of moving to Richmond came about first in 2009, we were skeptical. Now, though there is no where else I would...

When Mom Is Grieving Too: How to Talk to Young Children...

I know, a super fun topic to talk to your kids about, right? If I could have avoided it, I would have,  but four years ago...

This Year Choose to Let Go of the Chaos

Each of us dreams of having our home organized, direct from the Architectural Digest. A haven which is totally our own, that meets our...

New Year, Same Me! But hopefully with a little more hair

There’s a lot of talk and internet memes around the New Year about reinventing oneself and changing. But, I have to say, I’m pretty...

Even a few seconds of online videos affects our kids

It happened innocently. The little ones when they were much younger, would love watching poems and ABC videos on their tablets. Thinking they were...

Is It Possible To Have Balance As A Mom?

I was recently talking with a friend who has two young children about balance. She mentioned that she had just gotten a chance to get...

I Was a Nurse Before I Was a Mom, How it...

For two years before I became a mother, I was a nurse on an inpatient pediatric unit. Before I felt the weight of my daughter...