Auburn-Opelika Moms

I don’t know a mom who isn’t overworked, underpaid, over scheduled, and overwhelmed. Whether we work in the home or out of it, we don’t clock out at 5. Even if we have a partner, the work never stops. Between...

Do you ever wonder why one person can tell her birth story and seem genuinely traumatized, but another person who had a very similar “kind” of birth is completely fine? Obviously, there are some things that can happen during...

It's not just a participation trophy. When you look up the word participation, here is the definition. par·tic·i·pa·tion noun 1. the action of taking part in something. Synonyms: Involvement, contribution. With Spring sports right around the corner, lots of posts begin to flood social media...

My son, Levi, is approaching his fifth birthday, and I’ve been thinking recently about what I want to communicate to him as he grows older. There’s a lot. The thing is, I remember being a kid, and things my...

I am a mom of a 3-year old and have a full-time job. A remote full-time job. Which means, I work from home. I'm a working stay at home mom, if you want.   But to be honest, about two to...

Life moves sooo fast, and the faster it goes the quicker it seems that our big moments pass too. With the increased use of technology in our daily lives, we tend to take more pictures, telling ourselves it will...

Spring is my favorite time of the year (well, except for the pollen). It's getting warmer. The flowers are blooming. And my boys want to get outside and explore. It is the time of year that I get inspired...

I didn’t want to have my baby. This is something that would sound shocking for anyone who knows me personally. My pregnancy was a surprise, but my husband and I knew that we wanted kids. We just weren’t really...

I used to have these fantasies of what marriage would look like. In all honesty, what little girl doesn’t? We imagine this white picket fence, the family dog, 2.5 kids. I remember thinking “If I can just meet ‘the...

Moving a child out of your room can be a difficult task. In my short time as a parent, I've learned the number one thing I'm hesitant to mess with is sleep. After months and months of little to...