Original Article Found Here Parenting while battling depression is no doubt a huge task. Parenting is a job that requires around the clock commitment. At no time as a parent am I allowed to “clock out” so to speak.…
Airport run anyone? I definitely started my weekend off with a bang this past Friday. Every year my daughter goes home to our native state Connecticut to visit with her family. Usually this includes a three hour drive. This…
Mental health can have it’s ups and downs; and when the downs happen it can be a bit much. It happens to the best of us really. That one moment that’s been bubbling up, festering within, that finally explodes…
Who knew DIY crafts and laundry could keep a gal away from her blog? I did not blog all weekend because I was too wrapped up in laundry, arts and crafts and sipping Moscato in between screaming children. That…
Kids & cellphones…ugh. Ok, so I’m minding my business while my husband was watching the football game this past Sunday and suddenly this commercial catches my attention: [Target ad for Samsung phone with children as the focal point.] Target…
Just one of those days. I know, I know the title is super clichéd; but sometimes parenting feels like one big ol’ ironic cliché. Quick recap of my day goes a little something like this: I started babysitting my…
Ah puberty. I’m pushing 30 years old so it would seem I should know all there is to know about puberty. On a physiological level I totally do, on an emotional and psychological level I totally don’t. Being that…
Lazy Sundays are the absolute best. Today was just one of those days that if I could have stayed nestled in the bed hidden from the world, I would have. But as life would have it that’s just not…
In the year 2014 the term “stay at home” mom is not so obsolete. As I browse Facebook and other social media sites I’m finding that there’s more and more women who seem to be giving this stay at…
Mom blogger. Me? Wow. I’ve been blogging for 8 years on various topics; so it’s no wonder I’d finally arrive at the topic of being an at home mom. I weighed this in my head before I finally hit…