Veterans Day is a day to pay tribute and honor to those soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. They chose to answer the call of duty to protect their fellow American citizens so that we can live in...
Yes there is specific advice just for a little girl who is black.
Just to be clear, I am not encouraging the divide that still exists between races. There are just certain things a mother wants her black daughter to...
One of the hardest things for me when it comes to being a mom is realizing that my baby is no longer a baby. I was so overjoyed Sarah turned one in September, but at the same time, that...
After my wedding, I was still so in love with my wedding dress. I was trim, tanned and toned. Having it professionally fitted did wonders for me and I never felt more beautiful in my life.
After my wedding my...
I really hate rainy days. Maybe as a teenager it is romantic to snuggle up with a book or your boyfriend and watch the raindrops slowly slide down the windows, but with three kids in tow and another one...
I've had many dreams. I've wanted to be a doctor and a therapist, to name a few, but none of those held up. I hate math and science which crossed out the doctor dreams. I love psychology, but I don't...
For most of us in Columbia, the flooding we experienced and its aftermath are things we won't soon forget. I remember seeing images of New Orleans after Katrina hit and thinking how awful it was, but seeing photos of...
November is one of my favorite times of the year. I can't wait for Thanksgiving dinner -- mainly because I'm not cooking it. Most of my Thanksgiving holidays are spent at my grandparent's house -- eating turkey, dressing, ham...
I knew I just wanted a lot.
Matter of fact, when I was little, I even told my parents I would have enough kids to fill the biggest house I knew of in our town. I played pregnant and nursing...
Before I became a mother, I assumed I would get my daughter's ears pierced as an infant, before she would have memory of the pain and when I would have control over the cleaning and maintenance of the piercing....
Pregnancy and infant loss affects one in four pregnant women. One in four. Twenty-five percent of all pregnancies (at least) end in some kind of loss, whether miscarriage (generally up to twenty weeks gestation) or stillbirth, in addition to...
Courtney and Allen Tipping have been married for eleven years. They attend Midtown Fellowship (downtown campus) where Allen is on staff. In late 2008, the Tippings found out they were expecting sextuplets. Their babies, tragically, did not live, as...
As someone who has struggled with weight the past few years, the major candy holidays (Halloween, Christmas and Easter) are difficult for me. Therefore, I try to not keep a lot of candy in the house. If it's not here,...
I struggled with what to say to my daughter after the flooding in Columbia. She was nine months old when Hurricane Sandy ravaged Lindenhurst, NY, where we lived and were left without power for three weeks or clean water at...
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