ljubaphoto/E+/Getty Images Usher once made an entire album labeled Confessions, but moms don’t have that luxury. We’re stuck whispering our thoughts to our spouses, hoping the kids won’t hear, and trying to keep our big fears and worries tied down enough in our brains that they don’t unleash into a cloud of anxiety. So when...
hobo_018/E+/Getty Images There is a particularly kind of hell in figuring out when to have a birthday party for small children. Now that my kids are older, it’s easy and I have options. Mid-day to late afternoon gives everyone time to finish up little league sports, activities, church, and other common obligations in the morning...
Georgijevic/E+/Getty Images It’s a dark subject, but for some families, it’s a real thing that is part of their daily life: The number of teens diagnosed with eating disorders nearly doubled during the pandemic, and tragically, they’re one of the deadliest forms of mental illness a person can have. So, it’s understandable how earth-shattering it...
A moment that lives rent-free in my head was this time I went to the playground with my children when they were quite young — probably 5 and 3. They toddled off to do their thing and I sat down to catch up on Instagram for a bit. From somewhere a few yards away from...