Health & Wellness

I love to take meals to people. You got a sick kid? Lemme bring you a meal. Your husband is in the field all week, you have a dentist appointment, speech, and soccer to take your kids too? Girl,...

Time is a precarious thing, most especially for us as parents living a life in the military. It either can’t pass quickly enough (deployments and Mondays as a SAHM), or it slips right through our fingers (what do you mean my baby...

You are out with a group of friends, eating dinner or getting a drink. The bill comes along, and a friend offers to get it for the group. You all do this, alternating who pays and sharing the responsibility....

Like it or not, we are already at that time of year. The time that some refer to as magical. Wonderful. Inspiring, even. If you find yourself more sympathetic to Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge or anticipate that this holiday season may...

The power cuts out mid-cupcake baking session.  The oven clicks off, the mixer stops whirring, and the sound machine upstairs falls silent. Twenty seconds later, the first wail erupts from my son’s room. “Looks like brother bear is up,” my daughter...

  Dear food allergy parent, I see you at new parent orientation. I see you sink down a little in your seat as the teacher tells the parents that this preschool is peanut and tree nut free. I see your face turning...

This post was written one month ago, just hours after miscarriage.  I have three young kids: a 4-year-old, a 2-year-old, and a 9-month old baby girl. It's great when they get along, but the two older boys bicker constantly. It...

With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, I'm sharing my family's recipe for Shepherd's Pie. This is the real deal - trust me. I married into an Irish family, and they take things like Shepherd's Pie (and Guinness!)...

I just recently hit a milestone and turned the big 4-0. It truly is hard to believe. I remember my mom turning 40 and while it seems like it was so long ago, I remember thinking that 40 was so...

Motherhood changes you. And I'm not just talking about your boobs and pelvic floor. Motherhood has changed my mind and my heart; my body and my health. It has changed me for better and for worse. For starters, motherhood has...

  I always loved reading. There were three children's books that I read (by memory, is that still reading?) to my dad every night for at least a year or so. I loved one of those books so much that...

This Retiree is keeping up with the Pumpkin Spice Craze. With a little extra protein added in these are GREAT for after a run/walk, bike or hike. Read all the way to the bottom as I have included a...