Today I sold my 1st car and it was so emotional. Why have I become so attached to a big chunk of metal?
We have been through a lot together - 185,250 miles to be exact. When I first picked...
There are many things are parents you can’t prepare for until they happen. There is no manual telling us what to do when they are sick, or get hurt, or have their first broken heart.
For the most part, having...
Symptoms of a “narcissist”:
-excessive need for admiration
-disregard for others’ feelings
-an inability to handle criticism
-a sense of entitlement
Let me start off by saying, I think the word “narcissist” has been thrown around loosely over the past few years. I’ve...
August 1st of this year, I received a call that would change my life. On the other end, the caller reviewed some things we had spoken about in a prior conversation. As my heart was racing, my brain was...
It was 9:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning, and I was sitting in church alone, waiting for mass to start. I found myself looking around, staring at the other young families. When I looked around the room, I saw...
I’ve never been a huge TV watcher. Growing up, we were a one-TV household and only had the basic channels (there were four in the U.K. where I grew up). I never had, or wanted, a TV in my...
"Aww, another girl? Are you disappointed?"
"How does your husband feel about having two girls? Doesn't he want a son?"
"You think it's cute now, but wait until they're teenagers!"
"Will you try for a third and hope for a boy?"
You guys....
He was 6 months behind what he should have been in learning to crawl, 6 months behind when he should have been walking, so when he couldn't talk, I thought he just needed 6 months to catch up. Little...
We've all experienced this in some form. That sinking, lying, feeling in the pit of our stomachs. That feeling that lingers in the back of our minds and in the depths of our souls telling us we're the worst...
Trying to name your child is a lot like house hunting. You know, it starts out really fun and you just can't get enough of it. But eventually the shine wears off and it's just another chore. It's just...
People will come and go from our lives, whether we like it or not. The truth is that some relationships were not meant to last. Through the years, I am sure we have all learned in some way, shape,...
As summer becomes fall, I always become a little melancholy as the daylight is less, we are back to school, the holidays are not far behind, and our kids and grandkids go off to college. I am more nostalgic...
After I get my son unbuckled from his car seat and drop him off at preschool, sometimes I sit in the parking lot and get myself organized before running my sprint of kid-free errands to exotic locations like Aldi...
“Mommy, are bad guys real?”
This is a question my 4-year-old daughter asked me after we read a book with a bad guy in it recently. My instinct was to tell her “no,” because I was thinking of the types...
In + Around Dayton
Bloom :: An Event for Moms! {2024}
Bloom is an event for new and expecting moms, foster moms, and adoptive moms (recommended for any mom up to toddler age!), and other...
