Beauty can mean different things to each one of us. Have you discovered the secrets to living a beautiful life, or are you just surviving like so many of us out there? What does living a beautiful life mean to you? Is it your partner or spouse that completes you, or even your kids? Or...
The two most common people a woman wants in the delivery room with her when giving birth are her partner and her own mother. Giving birth, after all, is a painful, intimate experience. Most people don’t want to go through it in front of a crowd, preferring to keep it to a couple of people...
Moms are arguably the most overworked people on earth, and if anyone is deserving of a vacation or ‘mom-cation,’ it’s them. Working moms struggle. They have to keep their home in one piece, care for their children, be a partner to their spouse, and excel at their career. With superhuman ability, they’re able to keep...
If you were pregnant and knew that your baby will be born with a severe physical and mental disability, what would you do? This mom, who has spent the last 47 years caring for her son with down syndrome, says that if she could go back in time, she would have an abortion. It may...
Many children grow up dreaming of becoming a prince or princess one day. We imagine it as being this charmed life of love and privilege. From what we learned when Diana became princess, and now again with Meghan Markle, we know that the Royal Family isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In their interview...
Giving birth is a difficult, painful, and scary experience. When a woman is going through it, she wants to have certain people by her side. One of those people is often their partner, the person they are going to raise the child with. That’s exactly what this woman wanted, except while she was giving birth,...
One of the hardest things any of us will ever have to go through is the loss of a loved one. Losing a parent can be particularly difficult because it’s hard to imagine going through life without them. Karen Schlaegel knows this first hand, She wrote the article “8 Things I Learned From Watching My...
Do you know someone who insists on calling their pets their fur babies? Well, I definitely do, and I have to admit it’s getting a little much. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, let me explain it. Basically, a fur baby is a term that the western world has...
As someone who grew up with three siblings, I often look at only children with, to be honest, a bit of wonder but also pity. What did they do without siblings? Who did they play with? Who drank the other half of their soda because they weren’t allowed to have a whole one (Okay, maybe...
The human body is an amazing thing and can do some pretty awesome stuff, but like most good things, there are also downsides. Let’s face it; there is an equal amount of ugly (and sometimes downright gross) for all the beauty and awesomeness of being human. Did you know we lose about 40,000 skin cells...
Being a parent is one of the toughest jobs you can have. It’s not just about providing your children with a roof over their heads and food in their belly. You’re trying to raise a child who will be bold, independent, kind, hard-working, and just in general, a good human being. Therapist Dr. Tracy Hutchinson...
Do you remember when you fell pregnant for the first time? The excitement you felt when you found out? Do you remember telling your friends and family for the first time that you have a baby on the way? What about when you went into labor? When the baby was actually born and here and...
