Last year, when my daughter was in third grade, she came home from a school Valentine’s Day party a little sad. I watched as she dumped out a bag full of homemade valentines cards, crafts and gifts from her classmates on our kitchen table. While she was showing me all the goodies and cute valentines day cards she received, my daughter said she wished we would’ve created something special together to give to her friends, especially since they can’t bring in foods or sweets. Even though I don’t have a crafty bone in my body, I smiled and promised her … Read more

This post is sponsored by Mirum, but all opinions expressed are my own. We recently went on family vacation to Florida and on the way home stopped at the beach. My son thought it would be funny to pick me up, but as I neared his armpit I stopped laughing. The sweaty smell honestly had me cringing. I told him trips for teens should be based on fun with family and friends instead of funky teen boy smells (we laughed at that). Then I reminded him of the Momversation we had a few months ago. We came home talked again, … Read more