Motherhood

If you’re in the marketing, design, advertising, or use the business side of Pinterest, you may have gotten an email earlier this year with a link to Pinterest Predictions. Now, if you aren’t part of this possibly niche group, let me...

​​ A Down Syndrome Parent Reflects on the poem, “Welcome to Holland” I didn’t expect to hear from my obstetrician so soon after my routine 15-week prenatal blood tests. She told me my labs showed a 99% chance that the...

Did you know that when flamingos - both mom AND dad - have children, as they feed their young chicks, they lose their pink color? They are literally drained of their beautiful color due to having to care for...

Expectant mothers around the world prefer sons over daughters often because daughters are considered a “disappointment,” a financial burden, and for various other, often deep- rooted cultural reasons. Unwanted daughters is still a sad reality in many developing countries...

If teenagers are nothing else, they are social! In a time where we are all learning what our new normal is when it comes to being social, kids continue to be a part of all kinds of social groups,...

When I was a kid, I feel like we just knew who was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. They were usually the kids that were bouncing off the walls in class, called to the nurses office each day to take their...

I read somewhere a quote about how Christmas was made memorable because of a mom who made the Christmas “magic” happen. I really believe that moms are magical. I love the holidays so much. I love driving around and...

I remember a time when if someone would ask me to go to a friend’s birthday party, a wedding, or a girl’s weekend, I did not hesitate: I was there. There was rarely a time I would say no...

Pregnancy and infant loss is a club no one wants to be a part of, but unfortunately 1 in 4 people will join. I joined this really crappy club on July 4, 2019 when I lost my daughter, Brogan,...

We’ve all seen the morning and evening self-care routines on Instagram and TikTok and if you’re like me may have thought, “Who seriously has the time for that?” As a single parent and busy mom, I thought self-care was...