Being a Mom

Where to Find Fireworks :: Auburn Auburn Independence Day Celebration Celebrate Independence Day with the Entire Auburn Community! Bring your chairs and blankets, and enjoy food trucks and music. Where:: Behind Duck Samford Stadium 1840 East Glenn Avenue Auburn, Alabama 36830 Date::  Tuesday, July 4, 2023 Time:: 5:00...

“Corn, corn, nothing but corn.” In the movie Secondhand Lions, fourteen year old Walter Caldwell’s two eccentric uncles, Hub and Garth McCann, take up gardening. Garth buys vegetable seed packets from a traveling salesman and presses Hub and Walter...

We brought home baby #2 in mid-February, and with a toddler at home, my parenting game has definitely changed. I needed to. There was no other option. Instead of having two on one (me and my husband vs. our kiddo)...

the Maker and Merchant is home to a collection of small businesses, makers and entrepreneurs that together create a unique brick-and-mortar experience. the Maker and Merchant features many of our local women and moms of the Auburn-Opelika community.   Enjoy a...

This week, my 2 year old has been waking up about an hour earlier than he has for the past few months, and he's not particularly quiet. Now that the days are getting longer, the sun is up early...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! We’ve gathered a list of coming events in the Auburn/Opelika area starting after Thanksgiving through the end of the year. From parades, Christmas markets, outdoor activities, festivals, and train rides, to...

I usually have a new iPhone and I use the latest iPad for work. I believe I have had a newer cell phone since I have been in my career. Of course I did not grow up with cell...

      I hate to be the one to tell you all this, but, being a "basic" mom just isn't going to cut it. Now before anyone starts writing angry responses, please hear me out.  I'm not talking about...

I went through this phase, when I was 10 or 11 years old, where I wanted to be an international secret agent!  My mom had me in Martial Arts from the 4th grade on, and I kept it up...

The movie Remember the Titans resonates with me on many levels. Like Coach Bill Yoast's daughter, I was nine years old when integration was initiated in Alabama and our small school closed.  My dad, the head football coach, had...