Contributor Confessions

Being a mother is one of the most challenging {and rewarding}  privileges I've ever been entrusted with. The thing that is most difficult for me as a working mother is finding the time to be the parent that I feel...

When I was 29 weeks pregnant with my second born, I was admitted to the hospital then placed on bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy. Thankfully, it was a "modified" bedrest which meant I could be on bedrest...

Christina Yang and Meredith Grey. Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbiani. Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen. Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer. Woody and Buzz Lightyear. My son and his lovey. His lovey...his very best friend. His person. It’s so special to him; it’s...

Before having a child, I judged other parents. {Admit it, you did too.} From the woman in the supermarket with her crying, screaming children to the families at a restaurant letting their toddler watch an entire movie while drinking...

I spent a lot of my maternity leave in 2008 tending to my then newborn, 1 year old and 2 year old and being obsessed with cake shows on television. I wanted to be that cool mom that made...

  She was just five years old when I met her, already comfortable with and proud of her self-proclaimed "tomboy" status. My youngest daughter {my step daughter} has never really cared for "girly" things. She naturally gravitated toward LEGOS, Hotwheels,...

"Are you crying? Why are you crying??" were the first words I said to my sister when she called to discuss our mom's diagnosis of breast cancer. I had just gotten off the phone with my mom and was...

It happened again. She told me that she likes my hair in a bun. Then she added, or pulled back in a headband. I don't think she likes it in its upright, extended position. Loose and curly, it's sometimes...

The first time that I was aware we had a problem, my beautiful and perfect daughter was two. After beginning a new school, I realized that she spent more than an hour each day standing by her backpack with...

I've said this before in an introduction paragraph, but I have a really great husband. Yes, sometimes marriage is hard and we need to have hate dates, but all of our fights have been over silly or inconsequential things....