One childhood memory that will forever be ingrained in my mind is being a pre-teen during a summer visit to Florida. My aunt at the time set me up in her master bathroom. Her jacuzzi tub and all of the bath amenities sat upon it. She told me to use…

There’s something fishy going on here, and it’s the way that Vagisil is marketing its product line to teenage girls. Vagisil is a popular and well-known feminine hygiene line that promotes “clean vaginas” with its laundry list of items such as wipes, cleansers, and creams. If that weren’t bad enough…

Whether you’re browsing the grocery aisles or in a crowded setting, social anxiety can leave you feeling nervous and afraid of rejection. Severe social anxiety can make easy exchanges of everyday life seem nearly impossible. However, it is possible to live with and manage social anxiety. What is social anxiety? Social anxiety is different…

This is why being a boy mom, girls downright scare me. — “Olivia kicked my chair today, mom.” It was one comment spoken from the mouth of my fresh-faced Kindergartner, one week into school. In the days that followed, my son reported more of these occurrences to me from the same little girl. Usually, it was her kicking his chair. …

This is what is real when it comes to love. — I married young, before all of my friends. Before I could legally drink. Eleven years later, still married and having survived through tremendous ups and downs, I still wouldn’t even call my husband my soulmate. Because here’s the thing: I don’t believe in soulmates. The term soulmate, to me, is…

I’m over here drowning in fundraisers and newsletters — My palms are sweaty. I’m near dehydration and close to my third panic attack of the week. No, it’s not COVID, the flu, food poisoning, or a marriage scandal. I’m a new school parent, and I don’t know how to cope. The school parents before me didn’t warn me of…

We punch a different type of time clock around here. — Since 2015, I’ve been a stay-at-home mom. At that time, it felt like the best decision for our growing family. And six years later, I whole-heartedly feel that it still is. Life looks a little different now though — my children just started public school this year and I freelance…

Although they may be growing more independent, our children need us in all of their life stages. — My children are getting older and I’m beginning to find my time frame of being with them getting smaller. Recently, I’ve found myself yearning to cultivate a better relationship with my children. How is that possible? Isn’t a child and parent relationship just supposed to happen? We should strive to…

A simple story on knowing how much you’re worth — Folks, it’s not easy out there in freelance land. I was once naive enough to believe that writing gigs would fall upon my lap, afraid that I’d actually be burnt out with too much work. I also believed that gigs would offer me a substantial amount of monies for my…