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All hair is beautiful, whether it's black, brown, pink long, short, etc. We wear it with pride, we can be bold, create different styles with it, it's a part of us. It is us. The past week we watched as...
At 25, I became the mother to a beautiful, healthy, perfect baby girl. Feeling the warmth radiate from her body, inhaling that intoxicating new baby smell, coming to grips with the knowledge that somehow I had created this perfect,...
How to Get Past Diversions and Get Started Writer’s Block is SO real. Sometimes, to get through it, you just have to sit down and start writing, hoping something will pour out of the pen onto the page. And most...
How It Began It started as a child. I would ask for no butter because I didn't want the added calories. As a teenager, I thought being vegetarian would help keep me thin. The problem was that I didn't like...
Reminders for When Mom Needs to be Mothered During an especially busy season of parenting, compounded with some stressful situations at work, I found myself feeling depleted, discouraged, and exhausted. As I was driving home from the grocery store one...
Ever since becoming a mom (a little less than a year ago), I have added a few 'skills' to my repertoire as I joined the ranks of Super Women. These skills are not specific to just me, but to...
It’s football season, y’all! The best time of the year (in my opinion) for many reasons. It means the weather is getting cooler … or in our case, closer to getting cooler. Good food, time with family, getting closer...
I'm sitting on the couch, doing absolutely nothing. Not watching TV, looking at my phone, or reading a book. I’m just staring at the wall. But here's the kicker -- I have a boat load to do. When I left work...
Three days a week, I wake up at 5:30am. My entire family is sleeping as I creep around in the dark, throwing on some clothes, grabbing bottles of water, and sneaking out the back door as quietly as I...
Kids Love Stories From birth and beyond, fiction is presented to us and typically, this is where we fall in love with reading. Once Upon a Time ... are the words we look for when we know something wonderful is...
Your Thirties Are All About Rediscovering Teenage You "I heard someone say that your thirties are all about rediscovering what you loved as a thirteen-year-old, and doing it again--but this time without the shame, without the judgment, and I think...
I graduated from high school in 2002 and dove straight into college life at LSU. I wasn't totally sure what I wanted to do, but I had narrowed it down to a few different majors. Theater, English, or Nursing. All...
Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by The Parenting Center. Taking Care of Yourself as a Parent Once school starts, family life becomes more hectic. From the fall breaks to picking costumes for Halloween to fall festivals and trunk-or-treat to deciding...
“Are you done, now that you’ve got your girl?” Pregnant with my third baby (first girl), this question offended me. It bothered me. It always left me with a sense of lacking. Putting aside the offensive fact that people...