Mom Diaries

It's true, being a mom is a hard job. You really don’t know the full extent of what you are getting yourself into until that first little bundle of joy is laying in your...

One of the perks of being a parent, that everyone forgets to mention, is that your child will inevitably humiliate you at least once during their toddlerhood. Children have no filter. None. If they...

Women can have it all, but boy is it a pain the butt to get. While men can be satisfied with a successful career, women are almost expected to have the career,...

I decided a long time ago that if I did everything else wrong with my kids, they would be nice people if it killed me. I was bullied mercilessly in junior high and in high...

When I was a young girl, we’d go to school, learn, do the work assigned and maybe have homework. What was on the homework was what we were taught in school so we rarely...

Recently I had a realization about myself that made my life slightly less complicated: I like to think that I am a stay-at-home mom when in reality I am a working mom. I may...

Moms have a lot on their plates and a good bit of those responsibilities include being on the go. We can develop the bad habit of throwing on jeans or sweatpants, sneakers or flip...

When my ex-husband and I separated almost seven years ago, two of my four children were very young and one hadn't yet been born. My teenager was 16, the babies were 2 and 3,...

One of the first things some of us think about when December 25th is over is catching post-Christmas sales. The second thing is what to wear while ringing in the New Year. And let...

There are roughly 525,600 mommy blogs about being a good mom. The topics range from ditching cell phones to telling doctors where they can stick their immunizations. We can read about feeding our kids...

When I was growing up we were not given a choice of what we did or didn’t want to eat. You ate what was put on the table or you didn’t eat. And should...

When our first daughter was born, I convinced myself that I was insane because I would creep into her room several times per night to make sure she was still breathing. Now that she...

Not everyone is excited to hear sleigh bells ringing. It’s just a constant reminder they’ll be alone during one of the most family-oriented holidays. Sometimes it’s a divorced mom or dad whose children are...

A book took the female world by storm lately.  You may have heard of it:  50 Shades of Grey.  This one little book fascinated and enlightened so many women to a steamier side of...

When my daughter told me she was expecting a baby I was a little, uh, surprised. Okay, I’m going to be honest: I am still raising children and I cringed at the idea of...

When I gave birth to my oldest daughter almost 23 years ago I did not know it would be an additional 13 years before I had another baby – three more babies in a...

I know from experience how tough it can be to keep romance alive and well after having given birth to a child.  With constant sleep deprivation, schedules completely out of whack, food for myself...

Every day I climb out of bed and head to the bathroom. I grimace at my reflection in the mirror. My hair is a mess, my skin is aging and my body is not...

We like to celebrate the busy moms of Etsy, and they don't get much busier than the singularly-named Liana--who's crafting away greeting cards and decals while raising a 7-year-old and a set of 11-year-old...

We admit that we're having a lot of fun with the new DoraGamesX.net. It's pretty fun and educational for a free corporate website.  There's a spooky forest, a farm game, some pirate action, and a pet...