SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is quite possibly every parent's worst nightmare. Your child is perfectly healthy, everything seems fine, they go to sleep like normal, and then they never wake up. Countless grieving parents have experienced the...
I just pulled up into the driveway after a 12-hour shift, and I can see my little ones sitting at the breakfast table waving at me through the kitchen window. It's their routine on the nights that I work...
For a moment, take a long, hard look at your kids. Think about how much you love them and how you would do anything for them.
Now imagine you had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for just...
When I first started writing, one of the first blogs I wrote was about how while I love being a mommy, I don’t want my only identity to be “mommy.” Now hear me out, since, during that time, my...
As a full-time college student and mom of four with a full-time job, I often hear, “Damn, I don’t know how you do it all!” or “You’re really doing awesome at all of this! I could never!” Now I’ve...
Why do I always have to yell like a crazy person for anyone to listen in my house?? Hey, can you pick up your shoes please, and put them where they go? Hey, can you pick up your shoes,...
School is almost out for the summer and as a parent, you are faced with a daunting task: to fight summer boredom for your kids while still keeping their bodies and brains active. When kids are out of school,...
In September 2010, Paul and Amy Wilson were overjoyed to welcome their son Luke into the world at Baptist Medical Center Beaches. But almost immediately, the couple found out that their beautiful baby boy was born with spina bifida,...
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...
It’s a fact that most of the babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit are preemies. In Duval County, 11.4% of all babies are born prematurely. While I’m glad that the NICU is there for all of those sweet...
"It's the best cancer you can get if you're going to get cancer," was what the dermatologist told me when my first biopsy tested positive for basal cell carcinoma. I can't say I was relieved by that statement, and...
Last year was a dreaded one, and I think we all entered 2021 ready for a reset. Struggling to stay active is putting it lightly if I were to describe my life in the pandemic. Plans for a healthy...