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Research, Research, Research: The Age of the Over-Researched Mom
You’re a mom, and maybe you thought that being a mom was all about children. Well, it’s not. It’s about science. It’s about finding, reading, interpreting, and then sharing the original scientific research about...
The Everyday Mom’s Guide to Beauty
This beauty guide is for the everyday basic mom, living the everyday kind of life. It’s practical.
We want to feel and look our best every day. This doesn’t mean you look better than you’ve...
Dear Worry: No.
Last summer, we learned we were pregnant days before the doctors told my dad he had stage 4 cancer with weeks to live. Fast-forward six weeks. We found no heartbeat on the ultrasound only a few days before learning that Dad’s volleyball-size liver tumor was gone. Gone. We lost our precious baby, but got to keep my dad. With the same tears, I both grieved and celebrated.
A Self Care Tune-Up
Ahh, self-care. It feels good, doesn’t it? It feels dutiful, responsible, and oh so Instagrammable. And it feels like at last, someone is thinking about me, even if it’s only me. The importance of...
How to Win at Craigslist
Most of us have a love-hate relationship with Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. We love a good deal; we don’t love hassle. We love to make a buck on stuff we’re getting rid of, but...
When Joy Looked like a List: My Stress Test
It happened on the day that everyone needed everything. My babies woke up crying before 6:00 a.m. The attitudes, the crying, the struggle with breastfeeding, my baby awake while my toddler slept and vice...
With a Look, She Changed the World
Hey there, influencer. That’s right. You’re an influencer. You’re a woman, you’re a mother, and you have a say. For most of us, every day just feels like the everyday. It’s normal. It’s ordinary. We...
A Miscarriage Story: When Someone You Love Loses a Baby
Miscarriage. It's common, yet somehow a dark mystery, a distant grief, a great unknown...until you have one. And then even though it's common, it's very uncommon to you. If you're like I was and know...
Life Together: Building a Village
They used to say it took a village to raise a child. Is that still true, or is one maxed-out set of parents all that's needed? I read that in raising children today, more...
On Becoming a Mother… Again
My second child is rolling around in my belly, two weeks from his due date.
Preparing for the Day
My hips are creaky, my toddler is sleeping, and the house is (sort-of) clean, so I'm taking...