The following post also published in The Fresno Bee on March 8, 2020. My kids are now at an age I clearly remember being… days on my elementary school’s playground (Manchester GATE!), dance rehearsals (Danceworks Unlimited!), vacations with close friends from church (Tahoe and Pismo!). My memories are still so clear it almost scares me…
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I dropped an F-bomb in front of my kids. For Women’s History Month.
Ever dropped an F-bomb in front of your kids? (Oh Jill, that’s child’s play…) Well it happened to me for the very first time not to long ago. Especially for Women’s History Month. Let me tell you — it didn’t feel fabulous. Thanks to Babble.com’s incredible ’49 Great Moms in History Who More Than Left Their…
A really bad day and fabulous daughters.
When Mom has a bad day it can show what kids are made of. No? We’ve all had really bad days. (Aren’t they fun? Ha. Yeah right.) I had a real doozy recently and was pretty much counting the hours for when I could legitimately go to sleep and end said ‘really bad day’ once and…
Want to fly? Try Keeping Up With The Joneses.
DISCLOSURE: I was invited to take part in this blogger event for purposes of this post and celebrating the upcoming movie Keeping Up with the Joneses. All experiences and opinions are mine. It was a Thursday morning. I had gleefully RSVP’d YES. I was gonna fly, baby! Like, really fly. I used to have dreams about…
Motivation for Moms: Bouncing Back from Gas Station Hair…
TICKETS FOR ALI LANDRY AND BEAUTY MOMME’S RED CARPET SAFETY EVENT 2017 HERE! Motivation for moms comes in many forms. More and more, I’m trying to find power in the days that are a total mess turned upside down. (Which, for moms, happens a lot in the form of sick kids, change in work schedule,…
Parenting Truths: Behind The FAB Mom…
Who’s got parenting truths? I do! Last weekend, Labor Day Weekend, was fast, fun and absolutely fabulous on account of all things you may’ve seen on my social media feeds. I posted this picture on Facebook and got the nicest comments saying “beautiful family” and “great photo” — little did you all know, folks… LITTLE DID YOU…
Camp Grandma: Things learned when I sent my kids away…
I sent my kids away. For a week. (Okay, 6 days if you want to get technical.) It was fabulous. It was freeing. It also made me realize five dark truths. The idea to send my girls away first came up about a month ago. My mom suggested that I be open to sending my…
