Chattanooga Moms

It was early 2016. My sweet baby girl had just turned one. She was perfect in every way. She loved giving hugs and kisses. She slept well, ate well, and rarely got sick. She loved playing by herself and...

...and every other gift giving occasion, just for the record. Candy and flowers are lovely. You can never go wrong with a massage. But what do I *really* want? I'm so glad you asked. A nice hotel room with a bottle...

About this time last year, two grown men threw a full cup of soda that exploded at my feet in the grocery store parking lot while I was holding my then three year old son and jostling multiple grocery...

There are many courageous women in history: Amelia Earhart, Anne Frank, Rosa Parks, Mother Teresa, Betsy Ross, Florence Nightingale, just to name a few. Certainly these women led courageous lives, but they are not the most courageous women I...

I am not heartless, I swear. But Hallmark holidays really bug me. And Valentine's Day is the worst of them. Maybe it's that I had zero romantic Valentine's Days until I was 20. The time a boy asked to hug...

I’ve always thought I was the generous sort. I lent out clothes in college, a cell phone in my 20s and I suffered through summer camps where we were required to share whatever bounty our parents had sent us...

You know those videos that fast-forward through someone's day, or even a week, to reveal how exhausting their time has been? And everything just keeps coming and coming, and it seems like there is no end until everything suddenly...

Wh-whump. Wh-whump. Wh-whump. The rhythmic beat of my breast pump cuts through the quiet as I grip the bottles and try to stay awake. I'm huddled under a blanket in the dark, while the rest of my family sleeps. It's...

"The essentials of happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." - Joseph Addison I saw these words inscribed on a mural on the gymnasium wall at the Orange Grove Center. We've...

Long before my husband, kids, pets, or adulthood, I had one true love and obsession: beauty products. Even before I reached the age of 13, I would request fashion magazines and beauty products as "treats" from the store instead...