Jennifer
Yearbook Advice for All Ages: Be Brave
School came to an end just last week, and as my high school seniors entered my classroom, their eyes were dancing with excitement and wonder. They are about to enter a totally new stage...
Recipe of the Month: Lightened-Up Chicken Salad
Summer is coming, and with those warm (okay, who are we kidding - sweltering, HOT) days come the desire to sit back, relax and cool down with iced drinks and cold food that tastes...
Innocent, Inappropriate and Irresistible: Toddlers at their Finest
If you're a parent of a child old enough to talk, then I know that you know what I'm talking about when I speak of the toddler logic train.
They think it one second and...
Mom Guilt: Navigating Media, Meltdowns and Motherhood
What is it about social media that draws us into a sense of community, and solidarity, but also into a sense of uncertainty and anxiety? With every picture, every post, every comment, I feel as...
Recipe of the Month: Simple, Satisfying Soup
Brrrrr...I thought we were done with these cold temperatures! With this most recent pregnancy I have been feeling chilly more and more often. Cold weather definitely makes me want one thing: SOUP! I want to...
Rolling with Life’s Punches: Round 3
There are days when life decides to punch you right in the stomach. The uterus, in fact.
Jennifer, this is not the type of thing you learn in the bathroom at Wal-Mart!!
Rewind
Earlier that day, I...
Dear Mom, I See You
Dear Mom,
I am sorry to say that I am guilty of not truly seeing you while I was growing up. I was definitely not the easiest child — dramatic, fiery, and stubborn — in contrast...
Meal Prep: Keeping it Real
Meal prep. Two words that towered in front of me like the Great Wall of China. I'm a mom. I have two kids less than two years apart and work full time. How the...
No One Told Me About… Tales of Pregnancy and Motherhood
As women, we share stories, experiences and our very lives with one another in a beautiful sisterhood of camaraderie. When I became pregnant with my first child, I was naive, but so very excited.
My...
Let your children fall.
Moms... Let your children fall - yes, I mean this literally, and figuratively. I know that I may incite anger in saying this, but I need to say something.
I get it, the real...