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My Son is Bad at Sports
You hear all the time about how hard it is to be a girl in our society, and with all of the body image issues, the mean girls and the sexualization of just about everything, it surely is.
Maternal Mortality – It Happens More Than You Know
“I lost my wife six days after the birth of our first child.” – Ryan Hansen, maternal health advocate - By Ryan Hansen The statistics are staggering and frightening. In the U.S., a woman dies every 10 minutes from childbirth birth or pregnancy related complications. Although the global number of maternal deaths has decreased by…
5 Ways To Feel Better About Your Body
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – ConfuciusMommy, I love you, my daughter Sienna said. And I love myself too. I was overjoyed to hear this healthy talk coming from my three-year-old, especially after Id read some recent statistics on the difficulties women have in loving ourselves.As we all know, beauty issues, dieting, health and self-esteem are all tangled up in the impossible expectations we have for ourselves. These shattered images …
Changed By A Child
It has only taken me thirteen years to write anything about our story. I can honestly say that I have perseverated about it endlessly, even thought about writing a book but I was always afraid I would end up like Jack Nicholson’s character on the “Shining,” you know, the one that locks himself in a…
We’ll Always Have Dork Fest
Moms need chill time, time alone with other moms to recap, reflect and rejuvenate. Whenever I hear the old adage “Happy wife, happy life”, I envision Ren & Stimpy dancing around singing “happy happy joy joy”. In my version, however, Ren is a 42 year old mother of two and Stimpy,, her bestie, a mom of three. Together, they dance around, pinot grigio flying out of their glasses as they plan their weekend getaway from their …