Feelings vs Facts

What goal are you currently working toward achieving? If you're not working toward anything that is a whole other post for another day...but if you are working toward something, how often do you FEEL like working? Most times my feelings do not line up with the facts. In other words, my life is based on …

Cyntoia Brown and Our Broken Justice System

Thirteen years ago, at the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown shot and killed 43-year-old Johnny Mitchell Allen. Cyntoia allegedly randomly met Allen in a restaurant parking lot and agreed to return to his home with him in order to exchange sex for money. Allen was showing off his many guns to Brown and she became paranoid. As …

Why I Think C-Sections Suck

I arrived at the hospital on an empty stomach at 10:30am as instructed. My c-section was supposed to start at 12pm. The nurse gave me a gown to change into and attempted to start an IV.  She missed the first time, but since she was so nice and had such good bedside manner I was gracious …

Is it ok to shame your child on social media?

These days it's common to see parents on social media chastising or embarrassing their children for something they have done that the parent does not approve of. I try to never say never, but I would never do that to my children. When I was a child my mom would often say "what happens in …