Being a Mom

Details Coming Soon!! Fall 2019!! What is Speed Dating? Finding your Mom-tourage: Speed Dating with the Auburn-Opelika Moms Blog is an event sponsored by the Auburn-Opelika Moms Blog and is a way to get to know some of your favorite contributors and...

Years ago, a friend told me about a summer she spent in college studying Proverbs Chapter 31 with a group of friends. She laughed and said they started calling themselves the P31WOG's (Proverbs 31 Women of God). Now, having...

I feel like every child has a hard time leaving the park, or any preferred activity for that matter.  Some children have a hard time leaving the pool. Others have a hard time leaving story time at the public library....

"How much do you weigh, Mommy?" asked my 5-year-old girl today. "I weigh about 120 pounds, but I don't know exactly. That's what I weighed last time I went to the doctor," I replied. "WHOA. That's a lot more than I...

The other night I was talking to my husband in the kitchen while we made dinner. Suddenly, I stopped talking mid-sentence. Not because I’d forgotten where I was going with the sentence, but because I couldn’t think of a...

Halloween is almost here and, as with most things this year, we are not back to “normal”. If you are feeling iffy about going door-to-door, keep reading for some fun alternatives to schlepping kids up and down the road...

I recently got to spend some time with my best friend and her new baby boy. He was two weeks old when I met him and a complete angel. He pretty much just slept all day, and when he...

My heart nearly exploded the day we found out we were having a boy. Holding him in my arms for the first time and looking at his sweet soft face, I began to hope and pray for his future....

I have enjoyed many theme park trips over the years. A couple of years ago I set my sights on taking a family trip to Dollywood. It's about a 5.5-hour drive (with favorable traffic through Atlanta) from Lee County,...

As we all find our footing with the first few weeks of the new school year under our belts, it’s time to also juggle all those fun extracurricular activities. One constant in our family, for as long as my...