Bad knees had this Jacksonville mom feeling like she was more than twice her age.
Moving to the sound of the beat, Dawn Tatarka raised her hands in the air, turned around and kicked her legs. She couldn’t stop smiling...
Parents, pharmacists, and doctors are dealing with a triple whammy during what is usually cold and flu season. Many pharmacy shelves that used to hold your favorite children’s fever and cold medication are bare. A surge in respiratory viruses...
I stopped getting my hair done.
It's been almost two years since I last got my hair cut or colored. And man, does it need both. Pregnancy hormones did something funky and turned my hair dark. And it's grown out...
There was a point during my 40th year when I decided to take charge of my health. I couldn’t control my age, but I was going to make sure that whatever 40 and beyond threw at me, I’d be...
I was never a diet soda (or really any soda) drinker at all until my first son was born almost nine years ago. My Diet Dr. Pepper habit began during those long and sleepless nights and quickly spiraled into...
When it’s your child and it’s an emergency, what matters most is experience. Many parents in our area have turned to the Wolfson Children’s Emergency Center in Jacksonville for years, seeking the expertise and peace of mind only a children’s hospital can provide.
First day of school picture are looking pretty cute. The chalk board is so Pinterest-worthy! I don’t have it together but thanks to Facebook, it sure looks that way!
I remember it like it was yesterday. We were headed to Disney — no strollers and no diaper bag for the first time ever. We waltzed through the entrance with our “see ya, suckers” faces directed towards the parents...
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE started a garden. I was late to the game, but I fell in love with gardening mainly for my reasons for doing it. It would contribute...
“Light, white, and bright.” Those are the words that seem to run through my head a dozen times a day as I walk through my house. I’ve lived here for over 10 years. This is the house my husband...
Thank you to Planet Swim School in Ponte Vedra for sponsoring this post. All opinions are still my own.
School may have started already, but summer isn’t over. Let’s face it, we live in Florida, "summer” will probably linger well...
Until I had my premature baby spend a week in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), I had no idea what it was like. Having your minutes-old baby snatched off your chest and rushed to the NICU because he...