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The Screaming Toddler is Asleep. In the Back Seat.

Sometimes I get the most done when the toddlers are asleep in the backseat.

Enjoying some quiet time. In the car.

Trigger Warning: This is a MOM RANT.

I am sitting in my car right now. In my driveway. Typing. Sipping Coffee. In bliss.

Because there’s a two-year-old snoring in her car seat in the back. And I dare not disturb her.

This is what it has come to folks. This is the only way I can find some time to myself, undisturbed, to make to-do lists and write and scroll through Facebook and Instagram and shop on Amazon and Imagine The Possibilities of whatever, collect my thoughts and steady my nerves to get through lunch hour, a bath, and hopefully nap time. [Read more…]

Food Allergies and the Flu Shot

There’s really no place to hide from the flu this time of year.

Honestly, it seems like everyone’s had it and a lot of my friends are on their second round of the illness. With a toddler at home and a four-year-old in daycare, I resigned myself to the idea that the flu would catch up with my family sooner or later.

So this week, it caught up with the most vulnerable and sleep-deprived member of the family: ME! [Read more…]

Easy DIY Hair and Scalp Moisturizer for Winter

Check out the Facebook Live video I did the other day for a quick, DIY hair and scalp moisturizer for Winter.  You will need to click on the read more tab to actually hear the video. [Read more…]

Trial and Error– Coping with my baby’s food allergies

An outbreak caused by food allergies

I struggled with whether to write this post, and how to write it, and whether to post this picture.

I’ve decided to do so because it’s part of my motherhood journey, a road that has all kinds of hooks and turns and rocky patches.

But this picture tears at my heart.

It’s of my baby girl at two months old, struggling with food allergies—specifically, food in my breastmilk that she was allergic to. I had no idea that the collection of red bumps and scars, facial swelling, and the blood in her diaper were from the food I was eating.

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Finding my Best Self — with Coffee

I am not superwoman.

And I won’t pretend to be all the things or do all the things.

Without coffee.

I woke up in a funk this morning. Like a paralyzing funk. I couldn’t even get it together to take my 4-year-old to daycare, though it will cost me money and a day of productivity.

Y’all ever have days like this? [Read more…]

Finding Balance in 2018

FamilySo often as mothers, it feels like we’ve got the entire family on our back and we are teetering across a balance beam, trying to balance the load, struggling not to fall. If mama goes down, everybody goes down.

If mama ain’t happy, nobody’s happy.

Why is this true?

Because we are the centerpiece, the linchpin, and the hub of our families. Whether we leave the house and work all day or we stay home—and work all day— we are still the center of it all. [Read more…]

Why everyone is using essential oils right now

There are a few health and wellness trends that seem to phase in and out over the years. Right now, essential oils are the craze.

Social media feeds, personal blogs and enthusiastic friends all seem to be boosting the popularity of using natural and plant derived oils for every ache, pain and pesky problem.

Got menstrual cramps? Try rubbing a little clary sage oil on your abdomen.

Stressed out—rub some lavender on your neck. [Read more…]