Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day.  Time for yummy food, family, friends, and…stress.  Ahhh.  Do you feel it coming?! As moms, it’s so easy to get wrapped up in wanting everything to be perfect for these types of gatherings.  We want the food to be perfect, the table to look beautiful, the …

It’s that time of year again; a time to give thanks for everything in which we are grateful. As I reflect on this last year - how much I’ve grown, all that I’ve accomplished, and the many storms I’ve weathered - I realized that this is something should not be …

Three nights a week, I get a glimpse of the future. And I’m disheartened by what I see. I teach two classes in the University of Nevada, Reno English Department—freshman-level writing classes—and I have taught there for 12 years. For the most part, I enjoy sharing my expertise with students, …

Source Like most parents, on a near daily basis I stress and worry about the many ways I may be screwing up my children. Am I patient enough? Am I raising my daughters to be confident and independent? What about body image? When was the last time I gave them …

I compare being a first-time mom to falling in love with a new boyfriend: the kind of relationship where you become so involved with someone that you lose yourself a bit. When my son was born I became so lost in being a new mother that I forgot about myself. …

I completely, and inadvertently, embarrassed my nine-year-old son recently. The infraction wasn’t kissing him and saying “I love you” at school drop-off (that happened last week). Nor was it wearing my skiing polar bear pajama bottoms when he had a friend over (that was last weekend). This infraction involved embarrassing …

As we get older and start having kids, the Thanksgiving reins sometimes shift from our mothers and grandmothers to us. On the one hand, it’s great to have the kids in their own element: sleeping schedules aren’t disrupted, chicken nuggets are at the ready for when they won’t eat anything …

Last year, I was down in a metaphorical hole. It had been a really rough year and a half leading up to things. I had lost my job of nine years, so we then lost our house. We moved in with my in-laws and watched a family member get horribly …

To say we had a great time with you all last night is an understatement. Thank you! From the mamas rockin’ new braids from Reno Blow Dry Bar to the happy faces covered in mud from Black Rock Mud Company, we had a blast meeting each and every one of …

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