Danielle Giselbach
“Chattanooga is something you can have any way you want it…” I am so blessed to share this city with my three children: Dallas, Lillie-Mae, and Mindy. We enjoy the mountains and the valleys that make up the geography of our city as well as the metaphor they stand for in our lives. Always on an adventure in parenting, I look forward to each new day given with them. Follow along with our antics on Instagram @amomsbestguess and here as we share our city/country living love with you.
Summer Working Mom
"Mom, can we go to the pool?,” my kids asked on day one of learning the community pool was open for the season. It didn’t stop there. I was asked three times per kid...
How To Give 100% On Your Not Best Days
If you’re living your days going in thinking, “I’m going to give it my all today!” you’re setting yourself up for failure. That was hard to hear from my counselor! I was in control-the-chaos...
In-Between Little Girl And Teen Girl
My two girls and I went to Target with their little pocketbooks stuffed with Christmas money. Our first stop was the toy section where they picked out rubber ducks for their bathtime playtime. Next,...
Why Holidays Heighten Anxiety
I asked a friend how she deals with anxiety during the holidays and she said, “I don’t!” Like, how? Apparently, she doesn’t even deal with anxious feelings! That didn’t register with my trauma, emotional,...
Village Idiot Advice For Raising Teens
It does take a village to raise kids! I am thankful for the wisdom of moms who have gone before, and who now have amazing, confident, manly sons. Sometimes I feel like the village...
Never Have I Ever Parent (Of Teens) Edition
I saw this graphic for “never have I ever” things Moms may or may not have done for their kids and found “I have ever” done all of them! Had I reached the peak...
A Question To Ask Your Kids This Summer
This year, instead of asking my kids what they wanted to do this summer, I asked them what they wanted to learn. It’s typical to see summer bucket list ideas in May. Last year,...
Resting Without Guilt
Dear Mom with guilt,
I think what you might need is some rest. I’m writing to you today as a Mom who has had bookoos of guilt, and it seems to be a new thing...
Parenting With An Age Gap
Don’t mind me coming to you with parenting advice for kids with an age gap when I’m in the thick of it as a mom to a teen boy (13) and two girls (eight...
Holidays After Divorce
It’s kid swap off time with my ex-husband. He asks the kids to wait in his truck. I’m smiling and kissing them goodbye, but inside my stomach is flipping knowing the conversation that’s about...