Pursuing Happiness I’m a planner, an organizer, a list checker. I think as I entered this so called world known as adulthood I had this vision of things I wanted to accomplish or check off my “list” in order to feel like I had found success and that happiness we all envision as young children. It …
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Self-care As a Mom, practicing self-care is very important. After all, if you don’t take care of yourself, how can you take care of your children? Even though this seems like a pretty simple concept, it took me a long time to realize this, and even longer to figure out how to do it. First …
4 Ways My Relationship With My Mom Changed Once I Became A Mom Growing up, my mom wanted to give my brother and I the world. For the most part, I would say she was quite successful. I never wanted for anything. She let me see my first PG-13 movie in Theaters when I was …
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Letting Myself Go [bctt tweet=”Ugh, I thought, I am really “letting myself go”” username=”naomipelss”] I saw a photo of myself that someone had taken on the weekend and it wasn’t real flattering. Wow, the camera really does add ten pounds…or more…I thought. I have really put on weight. Then today, as I was heading out the …
Today we welcome Samina Farooq who is writing about those first 100 days of motherhood. Not only is there excellent advice here, but this piece is also written with a lot of love. When you first become a mother, it’s so many emotions bubbling inside your body and soul that it gets difficult to hold …
Mother’s day may have been yesterday, but one day just isn’t enough time to honor all of the beautiful mothers we know and love, so we are continuing this week and throughout the month to highlight mothers. This week we are going to tell you some stories that are so touching and even sad, but …
Oh Mother’s Day… Up until a few years ago, I didn’t really enjoy Mother’s Day. To be honest, I strongly disliked the day. I can go into a lot of explanations about my relationship with my mother, and the way I feel about motherhood itself, but I’m just going to say that I didn’t really …
The Weight of Love by Rachel Brandt First, there is that baby weight you gained from eating a well-balanced diet of double cheeseburgers and chocolate shakes. You know that 15 (40?) pounds you put on in the nine months you were incubating your child as it went from poppy seed to watermelon. The weight you …
Oh the woes of Mommy guilt! That word mompreneur is somewhat new to me and still sounds funny to say it. But the definition is according to Oxford Dictionaries “a woman who sets up and runs her own business in addition to caring for her young child or children.” I fit this description to a …
You may have just found out you are pregnant again. Whether it was planned or a surprise, you still haven’t finished breastfeeding your previous child and are wondering if you can continue doing so. This is a legitimate concern that you may have and you need clarity, so prepare yourself. The First Question The first …
