Moms, we are heading into the heart of the holiday season, and you know what that means: it is all up to you. YOU. Yep, you! You are the shopper, the baker, the tree decorator. The cookie swapper, the secret Santa giver, the garland swagger. The family picture taker, package delivery maker, and holiday party planner.Exhausted much? Me too. There are neither enough hours nor espresso jolted chestnut lattes for this mom to be able to do all that I… Keep Reading
Archives for 2014
Morning Routines of Regular Moms
First of all, thank you to 4boysmother Facebook fan Jennifer Hoen Dotson for making sure I saw this Forbes article, knowing I would have some sarcastic lovely words to put together in response to, well, the pure insanity. Now onto the “The Morning Routines of 12 Women Leaders.” What in the actual EFF is this? Has being just an average regular mom for the last 16 years left me somewhere underneath the rock of success and womanly leadership? Nope. That’s not… Keep Reading
5 Ways to Support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital This Holiday Season
In the heart of Memphis, TN, in a seemingly industrial pocket of town, rises a beacon of hope for thousand of families and their children fighting the battle of their life. Standing tall and ready to help win this battle, is the campus of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. It is here, where families from around the globe arrive in the darkest days of their parenting, are met with the promise of hope. St. Jude is leading the way the… Keep Reading
What the Blog Am I Doing? The Map to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
I met a dear friend of mine for lunch a few weeks ago. Friends for over a decade, she is one of those mom friends that I can easily and honestly unload onto all the real crap going on in my life. Nothing sugar coated between us two. We were covering all the basics of conversations- “How are the kids? Seen any good movies lately? How is your husband?” But when the question “How are YOU doing?” came at me,… Keep Reading
Wanna Be A Mother Runner? 3 Must Haves to Get Moving
You may have noticed on your Facebook feed that fall racing season is upon us, as the crisp days make for cool running, and turkey trots and jingle bell runs beckon. I may be that your news feed has become an endless stream of photos of all your mom friends beaming at finish lines, status updates filled with tales of couch to 5K miracles, and half and full marathon stories of monumental accomplishments. And all of this is happening because… Keep Reading
The Lost Art of the Anonymous Sale- 10 Questions You Get Asked At Checkout
Recently, my husband needed a new pair of simple khaki chino shorts. Usually, I buy things like that online, but this time he needed them ASAP, so I had to schlep it to Old Navy, errr….that store famous for flag shirts. Let me preface this by saying I am not a shopper. I dread it. I am blessed in the fact I can pretty much wardrobe the entire family all from the same online store, and I embrace that wholeheartedly…. Keep Reading