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 becoming a mom I’ve taken deep pride in keeping traditions from my own childhood alive with my…
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Holiday Gift Guide 2018 {as seen on KTLA Los Angeles}
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 gift game for young families falls into one of two categories: Buy everything marketed for babies &…
Recipe for Self Care: When the inside doesn’t match the outside.
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 inside. We know this applies to people. (Self Care = This year’s theme.) It also applies…
Traditions: Take It Down a Notch This Season.
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 around, two themes continue to endure for me — gratitude and tradition. (And no, I…
Shop Disney for Halloween {KTLA-5 Los Angeles News}
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 twins (with alllllll the moves) and one particularly-fabulous Jabba-the-Hut in HEELS (Wendy Burch,…
Moms Matter on FOCUS TV: Pretty is not a bad thing.
How about we stop vilifying pretty. Appreciating our own beauty from the outside does not make us dirty/wrong/sexist on the inside. Hear me, daughters? Feeling pretty — from the inside out — is good. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. But Jill! You just went to Dove’s #GirlCollective event!? You know, the national movement to…
Parenting 101: Look alive for teacher conferences…
A previous version of the piece below was originally published for The FAB Mom’s monthly column in The Fresno Bee on October 12, 2018. Boo! Don’t be scared. Well maybe a little…. I’m about to get vicious here. (I’m told it’s one of my notoriously-lovable qualities when rightfully called for — and lately, I’m told by…
