When I was growing up, we celebrated every single holiday and birthday with my extended family. There was a get-together about once a month with at least 20 or so family members. My dad, who’s one of seven siblings, comes from a big Italian family. There was always something to celebrate within the family, which […]
Disclaimer: Due to privacy concerns, names have been changed to protect the identity of minors. There’s a little girl in my son Nicholas’s class. I’ll call her “E.” Nicholas and E just met this year in Kindergarten. They like to play outside together. They like to sit by each other in school. They even like […]
For the last 5 years, my life has been revolved around my kids and their medical needs. There’s been so many diagnoses and a lot of therapy. Doctor appointments that always have to be scheduled. Hospital stays for surgeries and procedures. I lost sight of myself. My three kids need so much attention that I […]
When I found out my third baby was going to be a girl, I was really excited. I had two boys already and was curious how adding a little girl into the mix was going to be. I thought, and hoped, maybe my girl won’t have as many challenges that my boys had. I had […]
The traditional gift for the 6th wedding anniversary is iron representing strength. The modern gift is wood signifying a long-lasting and solid marriage. My husband and I celebrate six years of marriage this weekend. It’s been the most beautiful, terrifying, busy, difficult, lonely, eye-opening, and amazing six years of my life. Our marriage is incredibly […]
This summer is going to be a little different from the past, because of COVID-19. It’s unfortunate since this is probably the first summer I’m feeling more confident with taking the kids places by myself and now we’re not even allowed to. The one summer camp I was going to take all three kids to […]
I made a list once of all the great qualities and traits the perfect boyfriend would have. As a middle schooler the most important thing to me was personality. I loved to laugh so he needed to be funny. The list also included blonde hair, green or blue eyes, tall, good looking, nice, romantic, outgoing […]
I’ve always known that was I called to motherhood. I couldn’t picture my life any other way. I wanted to get married and have kids when I grew up. The number of kids always changed as I got older. First it was three kids just like my parents had. Then it turned to five kids. […]
Staying inside all the time is hard. Especially having three toddlers running around. They don’t understand why we can’t go to the store anymore or why the grandparents can’t visit. We have to do other things to keep busy. Here are five ways we are staying alive during quarantine. Going on walks — We go […]
Last year’s Easter season wasn’t very joyful for me. Easter is usually my favorite holiday. I love how happy everybody is after a month and a half of sacrifice during Lent. It’s such a fun holiday for me. But last year was different. Easter Sunday wasn’t a good day. We were rushing around before church. […]