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Have a Happy Mother’s Day

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Motherhood is something I always remember wanting. Even when I was little I would put a pillow under my shirt and pretend that I was going to have a baby. Then I would play with my dolls and feed them, dress them, rock them and play mommy. I fondly remember playing mommy and adoring my [...]

Celebrating Motherhood

Moments I captured on camera during busy days but I am glad I paused.

Conceiving my children was not easy, I struggled with infertility. When I became a mom the emotions overwhelmed me. With my son I suffered through the baby blues and it was terrible. I was sleep deprived, elated with joy, overwhelmed with fear and crippled my own anxiety. I was in love with this tiny little [...]

4 Tips for Helping Children Eat their Veggies

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Vegetables are good for you. We all know this but children seem to think that veggies are the enemy or at least some kids do. You most likely tell your children to eat their vegetables and then bribe them or tell them two more bites. Okay, I am guilty of this! I am trying to [...]

Preparing for the First Sleepover

My little girl loves to cuddle and sleep with mommy. She’s five now and is known for sneaking into my bed at all hours of the night. Truthfully, I love to cuddle her but her elbows are sharp and oh the knees hit my back to the point where I’ve had bruises! It’s a terrible [...]

Strong 4 Life Campaign on Childhood Obesity: More Harm than Good

My daughter’s birthday bash was this last weekend. I watched children of all different ages, sizes and shapes play together. Tall, short, chubby, curvy, stocky and muscular but not one child had the exact same body shape. They all consumed the ice cream and cake with joy and did not worry about their waist line [...]

It Only Takes One Girl

Source: alexacall.com via Sarah on Pinterest   This quote resonates with me.  Most people see me as someone with an education, nice car, home, ring, husband and job but they do not know I was born to a teen mother. You would not know I would be familiar with state assistance, standing in line for [...]

The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree

Annoyed mother {me}. Children ignorning their mother {cuties in the back seat}.

I’ve heard these comments a dozen times…  “Mom, come on!” “Mom, hurry up we’re waiting!” “Mom, are you done yet?” The children are usually in my ear or shouting from afar with their hands on their hips while I’m finishing up an email, quicklky publishing a post, submitting one last edit for work, replying to [...]