Surgery for anyone is daunting but when it is your child, it is a whole new level of dread! After a year of breathing and strep issues, we finally came to the decision to remove my son’s tonsils and adenoids. I had many mixed feelings as even though my son needed them out, my first-born […]
The Beautiful Hope of Cancer-Free Living
*** Thank you to CancerFreeLiving.com for sponsoring this post. All opinions about cancer-free living are 100% my own.*** Five years ago my mother left this earth under the heavy hand of cancer. As I stood graveside with a 2-year-old and 7-month-old, aching an unknown depth of pain, I longed to kick cancer whenever and however we can on […]
10 Perfect Items for a Gift for a Cancer Patient
***Thank you to Environmental Litigation Group, P.C. for sponsoring this post so I could fill you in on their Kindness Campaign and how to create the perfect gift for a cancer patient.*** This is a poignant topic for me to write about, readers. As my own mother took her exit from this earth only within […]
World-Class Pediatric Care Close to Home
****Disclaimer: Today’s post is sponsored by CHOP at Virtua, but my love for their pediatric care is all my own!**** My children are six and four, which may not seem to be very aged as children go. Yet, when you consider the number of heart-stopping moments and necessary hospital visits we’ve already met up with, […]
Doctor On Demand
***This post was sponsored by Doctor On Demand as part of a Blog Blast Activation for Influence Central.*** As a silly new-to-school-age-kids mom, I believed navigating things like doctor’s appointments would get easier as my children aged. Not true! As the general hassle of navigating around school and activity schedules grows, there is far less freedom […]
How to Love a Friend Through the Loss of Infertility
I believe God works in this world and that He works in mysterious ways, ways that I will never understand. But when last week, I reconnected with a dear friend whom I haven’t seen for a bit, and she said the words, “Mere, I have these words. These words I have to share because I know other […]
Give Allergies the Boot with an Air Purifier
Lately, I’d been crushing on a new accessory for our home, and it’s one that won’t do anything to make our house prettier, but it would going to go a long way to making it significantly healthier. What is this magical device? An air purifier. Since I had my eye on one for quite a while, I […]
Love at First Floss(ers)!
***This post is sponsored by Plackers® Flossers*** When I first took my kids to the dentist a few years back, I was feeling pretty puffed up–“Look at me! Leaving the house! Taking care of my kids’ oral hygeine! I am Mom of the Year!” Then our dentist asked the fateful question, “How often are you flossing their […]
Show the Flu Who’s Boss with Pedialyte
I’m almost scared to type these words, lest I spook some evil lurking flu spirit, but so far this year, we have not plagued by the nasty virus in this house. Wa-hoo! I know, knock on wood. Yet the horror of what we went through last year still runs fresh enough that we maintain big-time preparedness mode. […]
Don’t Let Springtime Allergies Steal the Season!
A few days last week I was pretty certain I was going to die. I was nauseous, fatigued, and the walls kept seemingly leaning to one side. It was unnervingly unbalancing. Then suddenly, I had an epiphany: this was my allergy-related vertigo returning. You see, last year after a whole bunch of tests (and many sobby calls to […]
