Motivating parenting lifestyle mom blog by TV host, author & digital influencer Jill Simonian.
A version of the following post was previously printed in The Fresno Bee on Saturday January 5, 2019, as part of the monthly ‘FAB Mom’ family lifestyle column. Hi, 2019. (Insert horn-blowing here.) Since becoming a parent almost nine years ago, each January has found me feeling less like my old young self. Some years…
Arms. Legs. Computers. Hearts. Minds. Spirits. Try breaking any of them, it can hurt like hell. What goes up must come down. 2015, 2016 & 2017 were up-up-and-away-hooray in the life & career departments. In 2018, it all crashed. Oh 2018... ...
A version of the piece below was previously published in my monthly 'FAB Mom' family column in The Fresno Bee on December 1, 2018. Parenting through family Christmas traditions sometimes mean eating your words. Call me flocked. Since first ...
Disclosure: I've partnered with the following brands for purposes of this post -- Burlington, Safety 1st, Zulily, BoxyCharm and Gerber. All opinions are mine. Now that my girls have bounced beyond the baby/toddler phase, I'm finding the holiday ...
Our Thanksgiving wrap-up? Fabulous with a side of WTF. That's what happens in life after loss. The lesson? Just because something looks absolutely beautiful and correct and right and good on the outside doesn't necessarily mean it's stellar on the ...
A version of the piece below was previously published in my monthly family column in The Fresno Bee on November 10, 2018. Nevermind that some people I know are now decorating for Christmas before Halloween is fully over... when November rolls ...
Like herding cats on TV. But cats are okay because... it's Halloween! My latest appearance on KTLA-5 Los Angeles' Morning News was a blast with toodles of toddlers (a teeny-tiny dancing Jasmine and an Iron Spider crawling up the wall), Black Panther ...
