It’s 11 p.m. and I’m sitting in bed with my laptop and Tina Fey keeping me company. Writing for Jacksonville Mom has been such a special and cherished outlet, but right now I’m stressed. Not because I waited until...
“But… what happened over there?” It was 1994, and we had just finished watching the feel-good flick Forrest Gump. My father had to wipe away tears during the Vietnam combat scene. I was 13 years old and didn’t understand....
It never fails. My husband packs his bags for work and gets on his merry way. He arrives safely and everyone back home (my two kids and me) are settling into daddy being gone — and BAM! You know...
I have been asked to write for several publications, with bylines in national magazines and media outlets, and have conducted multiple television, radio, and podcast interviews, but nothing prepares you for being invited to write for a moms' blog,...
Let’s talk about dads. I feel like sometimes dads get a bad rap. It seems like every time I scroll through Facebook they’re being called out for doing things differently than mom does. Sure they might have a funky...
I’m sitting in this coffee shop (no free ads) huffing and grunting like Roy Kent being asked about his morning beauty routine. I’m trying to write this blog. I've deleted the last nine intros. (Holy sh*t, if I get...
To clarify: This article isn’t about the disparate amount of responsibility that falls squarely onto a mother’s shoulders and why that’s not fair. (Though it generally does, and it’s really not.) This article is about me letting go of...
Parenting is hard. There have been days in which I put my head on the pillow and hope that my children will remember more of the good than the bad. And believe me, many days it was a toss-up.
I...
Diabetes is a disease I spent most of my life not thinking about and not truly understanding. After meeting my husband, a Type 1 diabetic since he was 13, diabetes has become something I think about daily. This disease...