"I don’t want to do this anymore. Can I run away?"
"Not without me you can’t."
"Giiiiirrrlll... same."
It had been a particularly challenging day of doing all the things. As a mom of three between the ages of 1 and 9,...
Now that we're parents, Valentine's Day isn't exactly "only for lovers" like it once was for us all in the past, but it doesn't mean we can't still celebrate! Now we just get to share the holiday and all...
Motherhood has been one of the best experiences I’ve had. But it has also been one of the hardest. For just as many joyous days I’ve had, I’ve also had days filled with challenges.
After I gave birth to my...
See ya later, 2022! Bring it on, 2023! For most parents, celebrating New Year's Eve feels like a distant memory and completely out of the question. It isn't realistic to expect our littles to stay up long enough to...
What's an ambivert, you say? It's someone who can be both introverted and extroverted, when they want to be. But sometimes it's something that they can't control either. For when my wonderful, social butterfly husband needs to recharge, it's very...
When your child plays competitive sports, you spend a lot of time at the fields. My 11-year-old has soccer several nights a week, and one or two games on the weekend. We spend countless hours a week with our...
If you're a Jacksonville native, you may know the Mayport neighborhood as a shrimping community and military base nestled in the small beach town of Atlantic Beach. Only accessible by A1A, Mayport is considered West Atlantic Beach to the...
My husband and I had not been away together without children in about eight years. There were the years we had three kids in daycare, and no one was going anywhere with a childcare bill higher than our mortgage;...
Like most young girls growing up, I’ve always dreamt about my wedding day. I never cared too much about what my wedding would look like, but I knew I wanted to be married one day. I didn’t think my...
Many people have the misconception that "coming out" is a one-time conversation, and while those very first times you talk about it out loud are usually the hardest, having to "out" yourself to strangers daily can be just as...
It was not just one thing that broke us. Like the weakening of a home’s foundation, it was a collection of events, neglect, and eventually refusal.
We were just babies in 2000 when we met, ages 17 and 19 at...
I will start off by saying that I am writing this wife appreciation blog post from an interesting position. I both am and have a wife! And she is one incredible wife — the true definition of a partner....