Johnson & Johnson recently created a campaign called, “For all you love.” This campaign is designed to have people celebrate putting the needs of others first. It also begs to question why we are willing to do just that for the people in our lives. For me, it proves just how powerful love is! I [...]
Did you know that every 8 minutes a child is treated in an emergency room for accidental medicine poisoning? That is a pretty scary statistic, especially if you have children of your own. In our home, we have always been so careful to keep medications out of the reach of our children. We child-proofed cabinets [...]
When you think about the important things your mom taught you growing up, what are some of the first things that come to mind? For me, I don’t have a lot of memories from when I was a small child, but I do remember the things that matter most. I can think back to my [...]
Thanks to The Bully Project for sponsoring my writing. Visit their website to join the movement and learn more. Definition of Bully: A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people. (thefreedictionary.com) verb: Use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do [...]
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall! Who’s the fairest of them all? From a very young age, children are taught the importance of outer beauty. If you look up the definition of “fairest”, you will find many different meanings, one of them being “beautiful, attractive”. Of course, this is what the witch was wanting to know [...]
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Awww….time for some relaxation. Today I went to have a massage that my husband purchased me for Mother’s Day. That’s a really great gift, right? I had been holding onto it for a day like today when I really needed de-stressing. So my male therapist is about 15 minutes into the massage when out of [...]
When I boarded the plane in Colorado to head to Cabo, I actually almost got back off the plane. I think I was feeling a lot of things at the time. Some of the emotions were fear, guilt, anxiety about being so far away from my family and insecurity about meeting new people. I had [...]
Dear Big Toe, I never knew just how much you do for me. You could definitely argue that I have taken you for granted over the last 38 years. For this, I apologize. I now know everything that you do to “balance” my life. I was always there to curse you when I would stump [...]
Why did a Fireman, a phone call and a fall have my husband thinking I was having an affair? Well, it goes a little something like this….. Yesterday morning I was going for my morning coke like I do almost every morning. As I headed down my front outside steps carrying my daughter, I fell. [...]
