Lucky Number SEVENToday my morning went a little something like this… 5:30am Alarm, pre-dawn emails and work to do’s 7:00am Tiny humans wake up, morning Hunger…Continue Reading →
To My Darling Daughter, Rock the Bikini & Forget the RestTo my darling baby girl, Today, I watched you splash and play in your new bikini. You were so thrilled to be in the…Continue Reading →
Pardon Me While I Feed My Kids Kale and ChemicalsLast night, I posted a picture of my children enjoying ice cream sandwiches following dinner with a caption that said: “Years ago, I would…Continue Reading →
Dearest Lorelei, Forget the World and Find Your TribeLorelei splashed in the tub as I gently washed the shampoo from her curly hair. She is the first born of one of my…Continue Reading →
Feeling Fat on International Women’s DayToday is International Women’s Day. And I feel fat. Gasp. How could McCall Manning Dempsey, a positive body image speaker, feel fat? Oh the…Continue Reading →
Confession: I Don’t Like My KidsWhen I was in middle school my sister and I fought like cats and dogs. Actually, that’s not true. We were worse. Way worse.…Continue Reading →
How to Avoid the Freshman 15The signature Wal-Mart yellow face smiled down on my mom and me as we slowly pushed our buggy through the back to school aisles. I…Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Club, We Don’t Want YouWednesday, May 27, 2015 Our nurse leaned over Marjorie’s hospital crib and placed her stethoscope on Marjorie’s sick and distended belly. My eyes fell…Continue Reading →
Your Fire is Calling. Answer It.“What do you want to be, McCall? Where is that fire inside telling you to go?” I was 18-years old and just weeks away…Continue Reading →
Foreboding JoyLet me set the scene: I currently live somewhere between gratitude and sheer anxiety and terror. My to-do list is light years long and…Continue Reading →
