Surgeon General issues a warning: the mental health of kids is suffering
Our kids are struggling with their mental health. Some may say that this is due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic. But I believe that kids have been struggling…
Mom Tips: How to make your food budget stretch further
I love to eat and because of this I have learned to love to cook. I have tried meal planning and keeping only what we need in the house for…
Getting past my hatred of dressing rooms
I hate trying on clothes in a dressing room. I hate the lights. How the mirror is two feet from you and it shows everything. I hate how a kind-meaning…
The benefits of a small family trip every year
Since I was little, I have traveled every summer from our home in Southern California to Lake Tahoe in Northern California. Each year growing up we would make the same…
Sometimes the best Mother’s Day is the simple, unexpected one
My husband and I have been married for almost 10 years and traditionally, like many couples, we developed a pattern of hopping back and forth between our parents houses for…
Here’s what giving birth during the pandemic looked like
On March 13, 2020 when the world ended in California, I was 20 weeks pregnant. My husband and two girls went for my anatomy scan where we were to find…
