Loving Your Family I have read so many articles and posts that begin with “every parent’s nightmare” and I often felt empathy and sympathy for them, but I lived my life in the happy bubble that nothing like that would ever happen to me. It made me that much more unprepared the day that I joined the nightmare club. I had just gotten home from work and was watching TV while discussing various ideas for dinner with my oldest child when the doorbell rang. I was faced with two fem

Favorite Refreshing Beverage I have never liked soda or sweet drinks, and am a huge fan of unsweetened iced tea, but my new favorite refreshing drink is Pamplemousse (Grapefruit) La Croix. Not only is it a healthy beverage choice that is 100% natural, calorie free, sugar free, sodium free, and has no artificial sweeteners, but also La Croix is an American made sparkling water. It is delicious and can be found in most stores that sell sparkling waters for around $3.69 for an 8

My beautiful friend It’s been a little over two years since I lost one of my friends – and I don’t mean lost like “we lost touch” or I “lost her address”, I lost her to suicide. At first I couldn’t believe it, I kept thinking it had to have been a mistake. She was one of the most vibrant people I have ever known – the kind of person you can hear laughing from a mile away, that makes you want to join in and find out what’s so funny. My friend had dealt with a lot of stress, he

Favorite Find: LaVanila Natural Deodorant I have always been a fan of natural or organic, especially with beauty products! I was not all that worried about going as all-natural as possible until I had children. After they were born, I became almost obsessive about keeping them safe and healthy. Deodorant was especially concerning as the chemicals in deodorant, “Aluminum” to name one specifically, was known to potentially cause cancer and the last thing I wanted to do was expo