Okay…traditions… Now I must admit that my family’s not really into traditional traditions. Neither my husband nor myself were raised with a lot of time-honored customs in our respective households. Yes, there was turkey on Thanksgiving; a plate of milk and cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve; fireworks on the …

I was getting ready for a fancy event not long ago, and I put on a maternity dress. For any of you who have been pregnant, you might remember the “potato sack” fashion. It’s the one that de-emphasizes your figure, and leaves to question whether you’re pregnant or not. Because, …

Let’s take a trip back to March 2014 (I know, long way back). My now 2-year old was just shy of a year and I wasn’t any closer to feeling like my old self. Yes, I was frustrated that my body looked stretched out in strange places and my belly …

Now that I’m in my early 40s, I find myself thinking (more than I care to admit) about how much I am like my mother. There was a time, and I swear it was last week, when I was young and headstrong and prided myself on being my mother’s polar …

Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. This week we observed Earth Day and the celebrations continue with several recycling and conservation events …

Ten months ago, I got the opportunity to start up a Kindermusik kids music & movement program at a local music store right by my house.  It was (and still is) a total dream job.  Not only did I get to continue to be a stay at home mom, but …

Two years ago, one of my best friends married the love of her life. The backdrop of the January wedding was a winter wonderland. Fresh snow with blue skies and just the right amount of chill in the air, the day couldn’t have been better. Before the snow even melted, …

As a family nurse practitioner, I spend a lot of time counseling my patients on disease management and prevention. As a migraine sufferer and mother, I know how difficult it can be when you have an unannounced visit from a severe migraine in the middle of your day. We cannot …

It’s really hard sometimes to tell when your child has just a cold or if it’s something more, and it’s something I see all the time in my clinic. My baby just had her first cold, and we were lucky to dodge that bullet for 8.5 months (thank you breastfeeding …

First, let me preface this blog by saying I wrote this in January for a February posting, but decided to hold off after the news broke that three of the animals got sick and two of them even died.  Since then, it has been confirmed that their food source had …