Long car trips by myself used to make me anxious.  I would do them, but I would dread them.  They were boring and monotonous and stressful ...

I remember being on maternity leave with my first child, Braden, and complaining to my husband that I never had time to eat lunch.  Or showe...

Tomorrow is Braden's last day of preschool.  Next year he'll be in kindergarten. It seems to be a common question to ask a paren...

We hadn't planned on doing anything for Memorial Day.  For no real reason, except for we didn't get our act together to plan somethi...

There was a time in my life when I packed a single backpack for a two month trip.   There's something so freeing about that.   Su...

I had a great Mother's Day.  The best I've ever had, in fact.  The morning started off like this. Doesn't get any better! ...

"Your Turn" is a series of posts where readers share their stories of parenthood, work, the struggle for a balance, or just life g...

Last year I did a major overhaul of our house.  I cleaned and organized EVERYTHING.  Closets, random drawers, under the beds, toy boxes, the...

Last week I found myself organizing photos.  I am old school when it comes to photos - I still have every single one printed out, and placed...

I have found that since having my third child , I have been asked a lot of baby advice.  I am happy to share any expertise, but let me tell ...