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...
Wolfson Children’s Hospital of Jacksonville is once again ranked for its expertise in treating childhood cancer, blood disorders and the most complex neurological conditions, giving kids like Logan a fighting chance at life.
Life is supposed to be simple when...
Psst... hey, Mama… yeah, you with the tired eyes and the coffee stain on your shirt. See, I’m a single mom — still proudly sporting a toddler on my hip and bed head at school drop off — and...
Two years ago, I trained. I trained REALLY hard. I had my will tested the entire race. In the end, I felt like I failed... remember this? The sweet lady in the med tent tried to cheer me up...
For the past few weeks, I have been surrounded by stories of people I know testing positive for COVID-19. It seems I have gotten notifications from every restaurant, gym, and business I have ever frequented about a positive case...
Lace up your running shoes and tie them with some jingle bells! Ready to run for the holidays? There are plenty of season-theme holiday runs in Jacksonville and the First Coast, including kid-friendly fun runs with holiday celebrations following...
Not too long ago, while I was volunteering at my son’s school, a fellow volunteer called me Dory. Dory, as in the little blue fish who originated in the animated classic, Finding Nemo. It was, in part, due to...
Healthy eating, check, regular workouts, check.
I thought I had things under control and was feeling pretty good about myself. One particular day I even got a crazy burst of energy and decided to get the house clean. Before I...
August 1, 2014 4:30pm. Your pathology results came back and you have invasive breast cancer, it’s stage 1 grade 3 and hormone receptor positive, blah blah blah….
What. What. Whaaatt?!? Cancer? I couldn’t hear anything else, my mind was racing...
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Whether you have one child or five, a newborn or toddlers, being a mother has its challenges. Juggling doctors’ appointments, carpools, sporting events, naptimes, laundry meals and full or part-time jobs take up a...
Because kids and accidents seem to go together, chances are pretty good that your child will need an X-ray at some time during childhood. Some kids may even require a more advanced test like a CT (computed tomography) scan or an MRI....
One afternoon, I was alerted 16 times in the span of 30 minutes to a TikTok video of a mom crying over Dunkin Donuts. Seriously?! I love my coffee in the morning, but what could possibly lead to tears...