Dear Husband, I know it doesn’t seem like it, but I promise you, I’m still here. I can see the question in your face at times when you come home. I’m usually in the middle of a chore, dealing with a toddler tantrum, or caring for the baby. I’m focused […]
Every couple desires a healthy and happy marriage – but how do you nurture a relationship on a daily basis? It’s inevitable. You’re scrolling through Facebook during downtime at work or when the kids are napping. Picture after picture you see it – flowers sent to work offices, little gifts […]
This year I went on the hunt for non-candy Valentine’s ideas for kids to make instead of buying the usual candy. Valentine’s Day has become so commercialized and inundated with candy, plastic toys, and other unnecessary items. The candy just adds to the never-ending flow of processed sugar (that I […]
My son takes after me. If he’s not doing school, building blocks, or tormenting his younger siblings – he’s reading. Obsessively! Almost anything I put in front of him, he will read. This was me as a child. I would sneak read whenever possible – under my schoolwork, under the […]
Reconnecting with your spouse is vital to every marriage but often neglected in most relationships. Spending time with our spouse can sometimes seem like another item on our “to-do” list that we need to “check off”. It has so much more value than we might think though. Many couples complain […]
Finding ways to reconnect with your spouse is a daily struggle for most married couples. You look at your partner from across the table and think, “Do I even know him/her?” How did we go from “passionate lovers” to “placid roomates”? What do we have in common anymore? How can […]
It was 3:47 in the morning. My husband and I had been up with our 11 month old since 2:30am. Some very weird stomach bug had hit him and our newly 2 year old. This was night 4 of cleaning up vomit and diarrhea, changing bedsheets, holding buckets, and soothing […]
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 […]
It’s been the never-ending task organizing my kids’ clothes and decreasing the amount of laundry I have to do. With an active 5.5 year old, a 2.5 year old, and an 11 month old who I have to change outfits 2-3 times a day, clothes have become my nemesis. I’d […]
It’s that never-ending battle to get kids to eat dinner. It’s the pushing food around so they don’t touch, because God forbid the rice fraternizes with the green beans. It’s the slouching over the table, head leaning into the arms, legs kicking the chair legs. And of course, what one […]