Family + Lifestyle

This is the 25th anniversary of National Infertility Week (April 20-26) and I thought I would tell you about my struggles with secondary infertility. According to Resolve.org (The National Infertility Association), secondary infertility is "defined as the inability to become...

Spring is here! Kind of. Once the weather is done toying with our emotions and we can finally get comfortable in the Spring season, we're all going to need some things to do with our kids! It's not warm...

I grew up in small town Kansas.  There were three churches in the town, within about a five-block radius of each other.  And every Easter you could see most of our small community coming in or out of one...

Easter has to be one of my favorite holidays. It is the perfect "new beginning" to me, spiritually and mentally. My family moved to Knoxville in 1993 from Jacksonville, FL, and my first introduction to the city was right around...

Showing my children the world – near and far – is a parental aspiration I hold dear to my heart. However, traveling with young kids can make a family, even a small one, look and feel like a traveling...

As I was driving home with the kiddos the other night, I had one of those great, spur of the moment mommy moments. We hadn’t been in the car for 10 minutes when the kids started in. He started...

1. It's OK. You've had a rough morning and can't seem to get ahead of the kids. Your hair is a mess, your coffee is cold (AGAIN), and one of the little barbarians just spilled his cheerios all over the...