Nothing quite changes you as a person than becoming a mother. All the characteristics of motherhood are well known and most have been turned into gifs or memes, bringing the motherhood tribe together in their exhaustion, frustration, and joys. But while we jokingly disparage our lack of sleep and crying infants, it’s the picture of the mother behind closed doors that most of the public eye never truly sees. We don’t typically share those utterly Continue Reading…
No matter how many times you quickly change your baby, diaper rash is almost inevitable. What may start off looking like a diaper rash, however, may actually be something more – a yeast infection. This is a more painful and long-lasting rash that even baby boys can get, as I recently discovered with my 1 month old. I noticed my little guy’s skin in between the folds by his groin was starting to rub raw Continue Reading…
You’ve spent nine months going through all the “delightful” aches, pains, and hormones of pregnancy. You’ve survived labor and delivery, whatever that might have been like for you! And now you have this beautiful baby in your arms and you lean back in your hospital bed with a sigh of relief, the pain being mostly gone. Now it’s time for your milk to come in. Many mothers might have an easy time of it Continue Reading…
Finding gifts for wives, sisters, mothers, daughters, teachers, BFF’s, co-workers, bosses, or even hostess or Christmas gift swaps can be rather challenging. Gift buying challenges you to really have to know the individual you’re shopping for and that adventure to find the perfect present often turns into a frustrating experience. Here’s the perfect solution for practically any female on your gift list – give the gift of health and beauty, all in one incredible Continue Reading…
It’s the word no mother ever wants to hear. It’s the experience no mother ever wants to live through or would wish on anyone. It’s the subject matter most people shy away from out of awkwardness and uncertainty. Miscarriage. Empty arms. In other words, total devastation and heartbreak for the mothers and couples that find themselves weaving through the earthquake-like cracks that unexpectedly show up in their lives. They have to sort through a myriad Continue Reading…
*This post may contain affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. Makeup brushes can be very important to many women’s beauty application. Personally, I had never used makeup brushes until finding the high-performing, toxin-free cosmetic line Crunchi. I tried the flat-top foundation brush to apply my foundation and have never looked back! It’s the softest thing I’ve ever put on my face! After using it for a bit though, I knew it needed Continue Reading…
We all have those evenings where we totally didn’t plan on what dinner was going to be. It’s now 5:30pm and we are rummaging through the pantry wondering what in the world we’re going to feed the kids. What do you do? If you’re anything like me, I usually find whatever I have and throw it together for something edible. Sometimes it’s a success; other times it’s an utter failure. And since we are a Continue Reading…
I was walking out of the community college that I teach part-time the other day and overheard a one-sided phone conversation that left me shaking my head in disbelief. A male student of about 18-19 years of age was walking out of the building behind me and had just called someone. As he was walking behind me, I heard his side of the exchange: “Mom, I’m so dumb. I left my notebook at home.” The Continue Reading…
A great friend of mine shared this graphic on Facebook and, if I had been drinking a glass of Shalom, I would’ve choked and sputtered: Can I get an “Amen”??!! Seriously. If you have children, you have most likely found yourself “there”. It’s that place where you mentally are telling yourself that this is soooo good for growing your child’s social interaction skills while glancing at your phone for the time every 2 minutes. It’s Continue Reading…
When I began to look into the concept of minimalism, so many characteristics about it intrigued me. But one thing that has essentially defined minimalism for me is something that kept popping up in the minimalism Facebook pages I was following – there really is no defining minimalism! Doesn’t make sense at all, does it? People kept bringing up this topic all the time. Are you a minimalist if you do this? Or that? Or Continue Reading…
