Mom Life

This post is sponsored, but the opinions are 100% our own.  If you are like me, the thought of trying to get an oil change or your car maintained often gets put on the back burner. I tend to blame...

I used to be that annoying friend who would say, "Oh, I read that," whenever someone brought up a new book. My commutes to work and child-free nights and weekends gave me much more time to devour good books....

You thought it was perfect. You thought they were perfect. The evening sparked, the conversation sizzled, someone suggested a weekend away. And then you met their kids. Alternatively, you’ve been friends for ages. It’s been one of the most effortless...

Long before COVID-19, my husband and I were already washing our hands incessantly and wiping down every public surface with disinfectant wipes, but for a vastly different reason – food allergens. Our young son is one of a growing...

My split from the father of my children did not start off as a peaceful separation. Over the years, as we worked through many challenges, we came up with simple rules to abide by. The rules are meant to...

The first time I had tuna tartare, I was on a job recruiting trip for a big tech employer, during one of the Silicon Valley “highs.” The first time my son tried it, he was 14 months old, on...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEjmcO5f_uc&feature=youtu.be We recently sat down with Lynne Azarchi, Executive Director of Kidsbridge Tolerance Center and author of THE EMPATHY ADVANTAGE. One statement she said really stood out; “racism is learned early; by the age of three, children accept racism and...

The pandemic has been a roller coaster; a ride I never wanted on. And while we all buckled in and braced ourselves to find out as much as we could about COVID-19 we also saw things get political. No...

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve I was pretending to be productive during my son’s nap, while actually reading food blogs and scrolling through Instagram. I was reading Joy the Baker’s weekly Let It Be Sunday, when I...

I recently connected with a friend and at the end of the phone call, she said to me, thank you so much, you have filled my cup. I have heard this expression before, but with my recent higher levels of...