A Letter to My Today Show Mom Bod Haters

This week I was thrilled to create and write the feature essay for the Today Parent’s newest “Challenge”. My idea was to challenge moms across the country to embrace their ‘mom bods’ and tell us why the love them. The amazing Parent editor Terri Peters loved it so I created the Why I Love My […]

Yes, I Painted My Sons Nails. What’s Your Point?

This morning the girls found my nail polish bin. Amelié, my niece, picked out a hot pink and gave it to me. I sat her on the floor and began painting her nails. Marjorie followed suit with a bright yellow colored polish. Manning came in and asked what we were doing. I told him we […]

A Letter To My Son

February 17, 2013 My dearest son, On your first birthday I can’t help but reflect back on the magnitude of this year and its many blessings.  You entered this world one year ago today.  And one year ago today, my heart filled with more loved than I ever knew was possible.  You completed our family. […]