Mom Life

I’ll be honest: I dreamt of the old school version of stay at home mom life. I grew up imagining myself putting a roast on while the kids played on the front lawn or planting flowers in the spring...

I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the long weekend! This time of year seems to always come with a bunch of commitments, and it's going to be nice to have an extra day to squeeze in...

Mother's Day is this Sunday, and, in keeping with the article I wrote this week about not actually wanting to spend the day with my family, I figured it was fair game to share some links that have absolutely...

When I met my husband I didn’t have plans or fairytale dreams of getting married and having children. Sadly, I had lost those dreams after I hit the dating scene in college and met so many bad seeds. But...

It's still that time of year when viruses and the flu are floating around like dandelions in a Midwest state breeze. Everyone's child is sick or getting sick or getting over being sick, so it's only a matter of...

I’m going to be really honest about something - I was really scared of being pregnant because I was terrified that I would gain a lot of weight. When we found out we were having twins, that fear only...

Editor's Note: Please click here for homemade masks tutorials and ways to help distribute mask to healthcare workers! I’m writing about why wearing masks (almost any kind, even homemade) is an essential step in our war against COVID-19. Let me...

Vibrators. Dildos. BDSM. Orgasm; words or ideas that I used to think were dirty (or at least in any media I saw called them dirty). For example, I remember the scene in the 80’s movie Parenthood when Steve Martin’s...

Myopia, also known as nearsightedness or shortsightedness, is the most common vision issue among children and young adults. Myopia happens as a result of the eyeball growing too much lengthwise - from front to back - which impacts the...

Editor's Note: The California Partners Project conducted a statewide listening tour with California mothers, parents, and caregivers to understand how they navigated the integration of technology and devices into most aspects of their children's lives. These evolving toolkits and best practices are...