The leaves are changing, the pumpkin spice latte is brewing, and your favorite reading chair is just waiting for you to curl up into. Now all you need is a great new book to get totally lost in and enjoy. Here are my latest book recommendations. There is something for everyone here! Personally, you…
One Thing I Wish Mommy Bloggers Would Stop Doing
by Marissa Glover I’m not a perfect mom. I try hard, but there are times (days? weeks?) when I don’t get any part of motherhood right. I know how hard it is. And I’m the last person who would badmouth moms or add one more thing to their already too long to-do list. But. There…
5 Moms More Awful Than Me
by blog contributor Marissa Glover Whenever I feel like I’ve had a really bad day, that I’ve failed as a mother and 100% guaranteed my son’s future need for therapy, I remind myself that there are at least 5 women who are WAY worse at this mothering thing than I am. Who are these awful…
5 Ways to Get Your Teens Ready for the SAT/ACT
For high school parents across the country who are preparing to register their rising juniors and seniors for college entrance exams, it may be a bit frightening to think that what they do over the course of about four hours at a testing center has the power to determine their fate for the next four…
Typing Quickly While My Kids Watch a Movie
My little Bear and I have a favorite game, in which we drive down one of the most beautiful tree-lined streets in our small town, past the house he plans on buying someday. When he is a Grownup Man. Every time, he points out a second-floor window, and assures me that there is a room…
There Is Always One
Written by contributor, Kathleen Benefield from The Bene Life Blog. As a mom of four rowdy little boys, I am well aware of the behavior threshold they possess. Our boys can be perfect angels and behave beautifully at times. Just not all at once and not for very long. I recognize we are a lot…