Working in corporate back in the day, I remember being friendly with a few working moms, something that seemed to me at the time to be a totally…
Let me let you in on a little secret: All the cliches you’ve heard about motherhood? They’re true. And none truer than this one: “It takes a Village…
Everyone tells you your life will change once you have children. That’s probably the greatest understatement of a lifetime. Having children, while hugely rewarding, is probably one of…
You know the friend who always shows up with the home-baked batch of cookies that makes you look at your store-bought cardboard ones and sigh? Or the woman…
So, I accidentally shut the car door on Mgazi’s fingers the other day. I am POSITIVE that she was more scared than hurt. Regardless, there was a lot…
Sometimes, you just need to hear three little words. You know those days when your kid “accidentally” emptied the box of Lucky Charms on the counter because “I…
I am our family’s photographer, historian and keeper of visual memories. My camera is as close as one can get to an extension of my hand. It is…
For months and months, I have thought that Stella was going to sprout a tooth. The chewing, gnawing, and drooling have been going on for the past three…
Being a stay at home mom is hard. It’s hard in all the usual ways having to do with wrangling multiple children, chauffeuring them from place to place,…
The other day I was walking the aisles at one of my all-time favorite places to browse when I have spare time; Target. I was blissfully snacking on…