When I was pregnant with my daughter, I kept a pregnancy journal on my computer. Each night, I’d open a new document, date it and I’d start typing away about that day’s pregnancy highs and lows. I’d document visits to the doctor, how big she was (ie. You are now the size of an avocado!), […]

When I was younger, there was a certain quality to children’s toys. Things were sturdy, made to last, and everything wasn’t “Made in China.” It wasn’t long before everything shifted and the beautiful handcrafted doll houses that were once made locally in a toy shop were all outsourced to other countries, and made of plastic. […]

Let’s face it, fundraising kind of blows. You’re always chasing down friends and family begging them to buy whatever it is your child is slanging that month to raise money for their field trip, or to expand their new music program at school. Unfortunately, it’s a necessary evil. If you don’t contribute to the fundraising […]

Ten Times I Was Wrong About Life: 1. That the Real Housewives would be good for my psyche. Okay, maybe I didn’t really think that– but there is nothing better than sitting down and enjoying a good ol’ episode of Real Housewives. I became so obsessed that I had all of their first and last […]

There are some nasty people on the internet. Being a writer/blogger, I tend to share quite a bit of my life on the internet. There are many people who don’t understand why writers’ go out of their way to pay for blogs, run Facebook pages, share their life events, etc. I tend to look at […]

James Charles CoverGirl new fa A man wearing make-up?! OH MY GOD, THE WORLD IS ENDING!ce I was scanning Facebook this week and learned that the new face of CoverGirl is 17-year-old YouTube sensation, James Charles— a male. This made me smile, truthfully. There are men on Instagram that I follow who have some pretty […]