Surviving with Simplicity – A Nutritious Soup Recipe That is Saving Our Family Time and Money.
This simple, nutritious recipe has helped my family get through the stress of recent times. I hope it helps your family too.
Category Archives: Parenting
One Mom’s Coronavirus / COVID-19 Shopping List
Will our family be quarantined because of the virus? There's no way to know. However, I have been slowly buying certain things over the last few weeks so we are prepared just in case Coronavirus / COVID-19 reaches my community and our family does have to deal with an unexpected quarantine. I researched and bought [...] I hate this day. And I love this day.
If I defined my success as a mom by June Cleaver's standards or by the home room moms who never talk to me because they don't know me, I'm a failure.
It’s Mother’s Day. And for some reason, I still have visions of the ideal mom looking like doing my job as the CEO of a mid-sized company while also meeting the standard of the 1950s version of the June Cleaver mom. I hate this day. I love this day. The working mom life means that […]
Mother’s Day – Six Ways To Be Thoughtful
Mother’s Day can be a challenge for anyone. Choosing the right gifts around special days can make things even more difficult. It doesn’t take an expensive gift to make a mom feel special though, so today, I’m writing about six meaningful ways to make the mother of your children feel special – without spending a ton of money. […]
Red Sharpie On The White Couch
If you follow my life as founder and CEO of Cotton Babies,you know that I am married,have four young children and a healthy business. I travel frequently. Between the kids, our jobs, and my travel schedule, our family life can be chaotic. The post below was written at the height of an incredibly stressful day. […]
The Real Story of Cotton Babies
The exhilaration of seeing two pink lines on the pregnancy test for the first time fifteen years ago is a feeling I won’t soon forget. I called my friend and had a squealing moment about those two pink lines. Then I had to take the other test… just to be sure. It felt amazing. I’d dreamed about having a […]
The Mom Space and Verbal Violence
Dear Mommy Bully,
Yes, you.
I’ve seen what you said.
You attack people online using violent or ugly language. You use a woman’s face and make fun of her through cruel memes. You say anything and justify it as acceptable because this is “the internet”.
A Business Owner’s Perspective on Disney World
Vacation doesn’t often happen for our family. This year, spring break fell right in the middle of the an intense time for our business, but we needed a vacation so, on a whim, we loaded everyone in the car and headed for Florida. I used points to reserve our hotel rooms on the iPad while […]
Moms travel too.
I Get To Be A Mom
One of the hardest things about running a company has to be the constant feeling of wishing I could do more, both as a leader and as a parent. We all want to do fun things with our kids when they are on summer break. We also want the best for the staff and for […]