Everyone seems to know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink ribbons, pink products, pink everything proclaims it, along with fundraising runs and corny pranks on Facebook. It affects a lot of people and is worthy of remembrance.
What...
Our family has been on a journey for the past four months that I never ever would have dreamed we would be on. My daughter Zoe was diagnosed back in April with Wilms' tumor, a kidney cancer that mainly affects children....
School has been back in session for a few weeks now and the creative, cute lunches are harder to keep up than you originally thought! So let's get back to the basics, using real food that's yummy and healthy....
I have three small children, and getting them packed to go anywhere is a huge feat, much less to go out of state (therefore we don't travel very often). However, we took our first road trip in a very...
It’s 6 a.m., and putting one foot in front of the other feels like walking through a snowdrift. Though your son is now on the mend, you were up and down through the night as you comforted him while...
I’ve always had a bit of an overactive imagination, but the images created from the combination of hormones, new mommyhood, and fear are honestly terrifying. It easily took me 6 weeks to realize that my baby was not glass...
Since middle school, I have suffered with migraine headaches. Sometimes I just have pain behind one eye and a sensitivity to light. Other times I am hit so hard and fast I can't even stand up, and I vomit...
Fall is almost here! The air is getting cooler, the leaves are changing color (okay, maybe not here in Columbia, but at least the fall flavors are out in full force at Starbucks).
One thing that has always signified the...
Scarves and boots. Warm apple cider. The scent of burning leaves wafting through the crisp night air. It's fall, y'all, and I'm going to enjoy every day of it.
As a kid in New Hampshire, spring was my favorite season,...
After you have more than two kids, you start getting the "how do you do it?" comments (along with the countless other comments). And so I've been thinking: How do I do it? There isn't any one answer. Like anyone...
Holiday baking season will soon be upon us, and I will be ready! My boys are getting old enough that they enjoy helping in the kitchen, and I look forward to making memories as we prepare holiday goodies and...
You've just bought one of those new fancy running strollers and a cute workout outfit. And you've packed snacks to keep the baby content on your park stroll. Ahhh ... there's nothing like losing that baby weight while jogging or walking with...
The issue of childhood obesity has become such a problem in the United States that we now have an entire month dedicated to National Childhood Obesity Month (September).
That's really tragic.
Childhood obesity is considered an epidemic in the US with...
Loss is a part of life. Most people have figured this out by adulthood and developed the skills necessary to navigate the rough waters of loss and find their way to the other side.
But when a child is confronted...
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Columbia Museum of Art Offers Free Summer Admission to South Carolinians
The Columbia Museum of Art has been selected to participate in Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program, a transformative, three-year funding initiative aimed...
