Relationships

Our four year old son just started playing flag football this spring and it has been an absolute blast! My husband also happens to be a coach. The supportive mom and wife that I am, I get pretty excited...

During the past couple of weeks, I’ve started incorporating simple mindfulness activities into the day of my three-year-old. The heat of the summer and the recent end of naptime has brought the beginning of complete meltdowns. Watching him lose...

As I laid on my toddler's floor as he drifted into a dreaming wonderland, I delved into the first pages of my newest Magnolia Journal edition hardly able to contain my excitement. A raving Chip + Joanna Gaines fan,...

Dear Husband,  First things first...I can be a jerk. I admit it and I am sorry.  You do nice and thoughtful things all the time, and I hardly show any appreciation.  A simple thank you is long overdue.  Some days...

First comes love, then come marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. Or so they say. This catchy, seemingly harmless children's rhyme is engrained in us from an early age. Though this is the timeline that my...

Do you go out once a year, on Valentine's Day?  If it wasn't for Valentine's Day my husband and I might not have gone out on a date.  But here we are after relationship coaching...  It was a Wednesday night. My husband...

Weekends look a lot different these days!  Being a mom, a wife, having a full-time job, and attempting to keep up friendships is hard work.  You often feel like you can't be good at all the things at the...

We are the only other ones at the park and I see you look at my son.  I know what you want and I'm dreading it.  You skip over to him and ask,  "Would you like to play with...

Do you ever come across elderly couples, walking hand in hand, radiating out their love for each other? That. That's what I want. Now and forever. I'm a hopeless romantic - in fact, I'm basically Charlotte. I love happily-ever-afters, grand...

Christmas is everything to my family. Growing up it was the one day that I felt unapologetic about the gifts received and the joy it brought. Given that Santa brought them, I knew my parents weren't burdened by the...