Forgive me for judging you before I had kids of my own. Forgive me for not understanding the dark circles under your eyes, or the fact that you had to find a babysitter so that we could have some...
Now, more than ever before and due to COVID-19, families are considering having home births. But wait, before you get all judgy on me, it’s not like the 1800's midwife preconception that so many people have. I had the...
As children we’re taught to ‘show up’ for one another, to commemorate beginnings and ends- a marriage, a divorce, a milestone birthday, the passing of a loved one and the birth of a child. I have always been the...
When I was 6, I had a bad case of food poisoning that developed into a lifelong phobia of vomiting. My entire adult life, I've been terrified of pregnancy for one reason and one reason only: morning sickness. Knowing...
Pregnancy looked good on my friends. All of them had a cute, tiny bump, with little to no morning sickness. They all maintained employment and continued with their daily activities. Their main focus was decorating the nursery and buying...
In May of 1980, my parents got married. They recently celebrated 39 years of marriage. Like all couples, they had plenty of ups and plenty of downs. Almost immediately after they were married, they found out they were expecting...
New babies are exciting and SO much fun to buy for! And while registries are great, I am "one of those people" who likes to go rogue and try to find that special gift that stands out, but ideally...
So, does everyone know what a "gotcha day" is? This is the day that a family adopted their son or daughter and it becomes that family's annual celebration of the adoption. Kind of like an extra birthday, really.
Gotcha day...
On March 4th, 2019, actor Luke Perry passed away after suffering a stroke. The news came as a shock to our nation because he was only 52 years old. Many women my age grieved the loss of an iconic...
One in four is just a statistic until you’re the one.
I never dealt with my miscarriage until many years later. I was trying for my fourth baby when I finally began to mourn the life I carried within me...
In + Around Cincinnati
Cincinnati Spring Break Staycation {Oh, the Places We’ll Go}
This year for spring break, we are planning on staying home, minus a weekend at the in-laws' to celebrate Easter. We are looking forward...
