He looked at me, then glanced at my two-year-old son before he said, “Really? You brought him in here?”
I looked around, startled, thinking there is no way this man was talking to me. I was so taken aback if...
“What church do you belong to?” This is the most common thing I hear any time I meet a new neighbor or mom friend after the initial pleasantries. I’ve come to expect it, we live in a suburban area...
I painted the skin on my nativity set today.
Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus are no longer white people.
Last Christmas...
As I was putting away my Christmas decor last year, it struck me that aside from a dark-skinned person here and...
Warning: there are no scientific facts to follow, no five-step program to make it easier. Just a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, trying to make it through this season. Full of grief.
January will mark one year since my dad...
Truly, I have been afraid to sit down and write in the midst of this otherworldly pandemic, fearful of how my words would spill messily onto the page. I have no words of wisdom, and my feelings sway from...
“Every family has a kid who won’t eat.”
This line from the classic movie “A Christmas Story” — which came out in 1983 but was set in the 1940s — still rings true for many families today.
It definitely resonates for...
Gosh, y’all! Raising a teen today? Not. Easy. I mean, I didn’t think it would be, but there is literally a whole new world to navigate that we historically have little experience to call upon to help us identify...
Dear little one,
I’ll be honest, I was really looking forward to your final year of preschool. This was supposed to be a transition year for you between preschool and Kindergarten. Your final year before “big kid” school. And honestly,...
Exhaustion is nothing new to us moms. We've made it through sleepless newborn nights exhaustion, toddler sleep regression exhaustion, and up all night worrying exhaustion. We've felt the exhaustion that comes with going back to work shortly after giving...
Let’s pretend for a minute that I’m a mom who really plans ahead. That I not only meal plan on the fancy dry erase board I made from Pinterest, but that I actually make the meals I write down....
Your Guide To Charleston
Weekend Events for Kids
The Junior League of Charleston (JLC) Diaper Bank collects, packages, and works with community partner organizations to distribute diapers to the community. For countless...
