Confession: I Stink At Recording Memories Ok ladies, let’s talk Baby Books! I cannot be the only mom with a beautiful baby book full of empty pages. Oh, I started strong! We were recording memories all during pregnancy. Before Belle was born I had already filled out the preliminary pages with info on my pregnancy. […]
Only Child Mom: You are Not a Lesser Mom
Confessions of a “Single” Mom I am a single mom. Nope, not the typical kind without a husband. I have a perfectly wonderful husband. What I mean is, I am the mother of a single child, an only child. You know, boy mom, girl mom, twin mom, SINGLE mom. We have one perfect, lovely daughter […]
Sick Days: Teacher Mom Survival Tips!
Sick Days… Well, the ick has finally reached our house…I have been out of work twice in 2 weeks due to sickness. That is absolutely unheard of in my world, I am never sick! I don’t know about you guys, but my school has been hit hard by the norovirus, flu, and an upper respiratory […]
5 Products All Working Moms Need! Do You Look Your Best?
A Confession: First, let me confess: I secretly want to be a beauty blogger! I love all things pretty and pink, but alas, my current lifestyle does not support monthly trips to Sephora for new loot to test and review. So this post satisfies my itch to dish about the beauty/skincare products I love, (and […]
Ten Things I Want to Give My Daughter for Christmas
What does Christmas mean to me? With the holidays so near, I have been thinking a lot lately about how I will approach Christmas when it comes to my daughter. At 17 months old, she won’t really understand what is going on this year. Still, I want to begin laying the groundwork for the […]
5 Awesome Things That Happen After a Baby
So, you’re having a baby… For every post out there that outlines the scariest parts of childbirth, there are just as many that foretell the grim future after your little miracle is born. I appreciated many of these posts during the latter stages of my pregnancy to provide no-nonsense insight into the reality of childbirth and […]
Soak It In
When I was in high school I worked at an old fashioned General Store. Today I recalled something a regular customer discussed with me. An older man, in his seventies, was talking about his regrets in life. Some were small, (jobs,friends) others were large( health,time with family), but […]
Balancing Teaching and Motherhood: The TeacherMom Struggle
Balancing Teaching and Motherhood Teacher vs. Mom Which came first, the teacher or the mom? In my case, the teacher. After one misguided career choice, re-entry into college and a mountain of debt graduate degree later, the long-suppressed teacher inside me was finally free. I can go on and on about those first years and the […]