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    I Realized Something Recently  Not too long ago, I was pondering whether I’d like to have a third child.  Just a few weeks away from my due date with baby boy #2 (let’s call him Baby G), and it hit me like...

In the workforce, you need to surround yourself with great coworkers. Great coworkers makes doing your day to day job a lot easier. It is important to have peers you can bounce ideas off of, lend a hand, and...

Let me begin by congratulating you. Being a mom is a hard, often thankless job, and you're doing great! The role of mother is one of the most important responsibilities a woman can have, and that’s why I encourage...

With the passing of Florence Henderson (aka Mrs. Brady of the Brady Bunch), I feel compelled to talk about one of the most important aspects of my life. I never planned to divorce the father of my children and...

I had a mom friend tell me once that she was encouraging her middle school son to go out for orchestra because she knew he would not make the cut. My puzzled look prompted her to explain further, "He...

I owe Santa a thank you tonight.  He made my day...MY day, not my kids' days (though he definitely did that, too), but he made this mom's day.   I Still Believe As I was talking my two-year-old off the ledge...

Dear Dublin, Writing this is a lot harder than I expected. When we first met a little over three years ago, on a frigid late Saturday in November, I wasn’t sure what to think of you. I was hesitant to...

It is that time of the year. The holidays. I love the holidays with all my heart and look forward to all the excitement they bring - family gatherings, the first winter snow, decorating my home and shopping for...

I know there are several women out there who may not appreciate my amateur findings in my first attempt at fantasy football. To those of you die-hard pro football fans, forgive me. And to the moms who have absolutely...

If you have young children, odds are that your date nights are few and far between. Coordinating schedules, babysitters, and a desire to put on something other than yoga pants means that date nights are all too infrequent in...