Motivating parenting lifestyle mom blog by TV host, author & digital influencer Jill Simonian.
New! Year! Although also kind of the exact same for now (here in California, at least). But fear not: Many of us are wiser, stronger, more awake than ever… aside from being absolutely desperate for a stupidly-fancy craft cocktail and fabulous dinner inside any kind of a restaurant that might have draping crystal chandelier things…
Merry Christmas! And: Do real things. In-person. Chances are, if you're under 65 and generally healthy, you won't die. (That's not me offering certified medical advice, that's just a reasonable statement based on all data, stats, verified death ...
“A woman is like a tea bag. You cannot tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” -Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Remember when I started this blog-thing ten years ago as an experimental, new media venture to stay creative, ...
Stay home, stay safe. Alone, together. Stop the spread. SHUT.UP. I say this with deep concern and love. TRULY. It's no secret I don't write here much anymore... mostly because I'm too busy doing real things with my daughters these days. Things ...
A previous version of this post was published to Mom.com on October 9, 2020. "Why aren't you on social media that much anymore?" friends and colleagues now ask me."Mental health," I reply. They instantly get it. Prior to 2017, I used to throw ...
Ten years. One hundred and twenty months. Five hundred and twenty weeks. Three thousand, six hundred and fifty days. Eighty seven thousand, six hundred hours. Five million and two hundred fifty-six thousand minutes. (Did I do that math right? Blame ...
The following post was previously published in The Fresno Bee on Saturday, September 12, 2020. "We have to get out of here today," my sister buzzed around in her Bass Lake cabin kitchen while our kids played and dogs ran around outside. It was ...
