Love + Marriage + Relationships

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Being an awesome mom goes beyond taking care of the kids. It’s all about creating a loving environment where feelings are shared, problems are solved, and happiness and love thrives. We know it’s not easy, especially with the everyday stresses of life. That’s why nurturing strong and healthy relationships is crucial for moms like us!

At Jacksonville Mom, we understand the ups and downs of relationships, especially in motherhood. We’re here to share valuable insights on building and strengthening the bonds with our loved ones and here to support when some relationships come to an end.

Keeping your marriage and relationships healthy can be challenging, but it can also be enjoyable and rewarding. We share favorite Jacksonville date night spots or if you prefer the early bird, we share the beauty of day dates in Jacksonville. We also provide advice on maintaining a strong circle of friends and family, whether it’s finding the perfect girls day lunch spot or ways to love on a friend battling cancer. As mothers we are always juggling busy schedules and it can make finding time for relationships hard. We share why mom friendships often require grace and why it really does take a village to raise children.

Our passionate team of 30+ writers delivers thought-provoking content on relationships bringing hope during challenging times and nurturing friendships and marriages throughout the journey of motherhood.

When you sneeze your body is giving you a sign of some sort of trouble. Allergy? Flu? Fluke? If you then get a fever and your throat hurts you know to take medication or go to the doctor. It...
With two small children, going out to dinner requires some serious location consideration. We love finding places to take our family that don’t involve plastic silverware and a tunnel slide, but still offer something special for the kids. And...
As the journey continues from my first post about my new life as a single mommy, When the Bubble Burst, I find myself with less family around and do not quite understand what's happened.  There's no illness, no funeral, and no obituary...
After becoming pregnant, Maria told her doctor she didn’t understand how it happened. “My husband always pulls out before he…you know.” Maria and her husband are now the parents of a bouncing baby boy because of wrong information. Here are the...
Kelly is a mom, not a super-model. Two nine-month pregnancy stints carrying each of her daughters and dozens of hours spent in labor and delivery weren’t easy on her body, and she has the stretch marks to prove it....
Staying connected to your partner through births, deaths, and all of the life circumstances in between is challenging. Maintaining a sexual connection in that long-term relationship can be particularly tricky. While everyone is unique, in my work as a...
The day a beautiful glass full of Southern Tier Pumking with a graham cracker ring was placed in front of me, I discovered a whole different world of what it means to drink beer. Jacksonville has a strong Craft...
When Marie’s daughter was around five-years-old, she asked Marie if it “hurts when a baby comes out of its mom’s butt.” Trying not to laugh out loud, Marie explained that babies actually come out of a mom’s vagina. The...
  Having a new baby in your life is exciting. Tons of change, little sleep, a dose of anxiety, and poop…lots of poop. About six weeks after the baby comes, your doctor typically tells you that it’s okay to go back...
Every year on the sixth of May, around lunchtime, I place a heated call to my husband and say “Well… HAPPY ANNIVERSARY….” And every year on the sixth of May at lunchtime my husband responds, “What are you talking...
May is Military Appreciation Month. It's 31 days long. Last year, my husband was deployed for 233. Our son arrived five months before he was able to meet his daddy. We both wore RED (Remember Everyone Deployed) for 21 Fridays in...
I have to tell you, this is hard to do. I want to keep my girls all of the time and I really don’t want to face their father. There are too many emotions and memories racing through my head during the exchange. Ugh. What a word. Exchange!

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