8 Lifehacks: How to Stay Sane with Sick Kids at Home.
School is officially back in session. How do I know? My five year old is sitting in front of the T.V. on a gorgeous day—sick. So what’s a mom to do, when the kids are...
Category: Current Happenings.
10 Lifehacks Every New Mom Needs to Know.
Every mother out there looks back at how she thought she would parent, before she actually became one—and then laughs her butt off. The following are lifehacks that all new moms should be taking advantage...
Why Self-Love Is Not Narcissism.
I have to declare something loudly: loving oneself is not the same as being a narcissist. We’ve gotten so used, especially as women, to being expected to either be full of self-loathing or arrogant...
How to Know You’ve Had Too Much Facebook & 7 Things to Do Instead.
Facebook and social media can be addicting. Studies have actually shown a similar activation within the brain as with drugs. Yet many of us aren’t necessarily addicted to, let’s say Facebook, as we are...
Why Being an Empath Isn’t Always a Good Thing.
There’s a new “it” word that seems to be everywhere lately. That word is “empath.” An empath is someone who can feel the emotional and mental state of someone else—an empath isn’t entirely separate...
Why There Isn’t A “Happiness” Filter.
Have you ever noticed that memories often have hazy, golden fogs around them, and that Instagram’s editing filters are often hazy or blurred? I’ve noticed lately that we’re all over-using the haze, y’all. And dreams,...
It Ain’t Called A**book, Schweetie.
My husband said to me yesterday that it’s called Facebook and not Assbook—because everyone is putting their best faces forward. Yet, here’s a “real-life” story: I go to the zoo all the time with...
Why We Should All Be Bored with Overly Emotional, Angsty Articles About Sex.
Lately it seems the articles I come across that are “artsy” are just kind of psychotic. There are several sites I find my Facebook friends, for instance, sharing words from that, as a writer,...
(Happy Mother’s Day to All.) {A Poem}
For the mother who wants nothing, more than hugs. For the mother who needs nothing, beyond time spent together. For the mother where words of cheerful greeting find they can never be enough, but...
Everyone Should Be Listening to This. {New Music Alert}
My husband said that when he listens to my current favorite album, he can hear his beard grow. Because, yes, Israel Nash has the current “it” sound of hipster-chic cool (like beards…sound…um, moving on)....
