Are you a parent who’s been feeling unusually overwhelmed, super emotional, easily irritated, extremely exhausted, and detached not only from others (your children and family), but from yourself as well? Has parenting become more of a chore than normal?...
It's cold and FLU season. So what'a s mom to do?
Plan A
Go all Little House on the Prairie and escape in my covered wagon with the kids, hubs, and good dog (Beagle can hold down the fort). I'll be like...
I’ve been on a weight loss health-seeking journey for a little over two years, since the birth of my second son.
I’m not one of those women that look back on my 19-year-old pictures with longing, wishing I still had...
No boyfriend ever hit me, ever bullied me. My husband has certainly never raised a hand and barely his voice in the few times we've "argued."
But I can't say that about my dad. He bullied. He punched. He grabbed. He yelled....
Disclaimer :: Dr. Catherine Bevan, a local OB/Gyn, sponsored and created this post based on her expertise.
Cervical cancer was once a major public health concern in the United States, affecting about 15 in 100,000 women in 1975. In the subsequent...
She'd lay old, white bed linens on the couch -- layers of them -- and lay down because she was bleeding so heavy no pad or tampon could contain it. The sheets and her clothes would be stained with blood when she got up. When that particular bleeding "episode" eased, she'd get up and put everything in the washing machine.
But I also found encouragement that -- with modern medicine, early intervention, support, and encouragement -- people with Down syndrome are achieving great things.