Crew it has been a while since I have touched based with you. Trust me it has been an eventful couple of weeks for me as it has for all of you I'm sure. My oh my when we picked this month's mantra of "FEARLESS" we surely didn't know how fearless we would have to be. I wanted to talk to you about the importance of a baby moon, but after an unplanned sequence of events this topic seems so much more fitting for the moment.
For all of the mamas out there who are ready to celebrate their bumps do so without taking heed to the criticism. Ignore the comments of you are so big or why are you showing your stomach when it looks like that or one of my favorite comments, sarcastically speaking of course, save that type of photo for the bedroom.
We get it everyone says to make time for yourself, have self-love, be selfish every once in a while, but all of these wonderful ideas can leave a mom going after dreams and ultimately at the end of her rope feel a little like Kanye in a Sway interview :
When you are the backbone of your family and pieces of your vertebrae slip how do you continue? I don’t know. What I do know is the day that I lost my son and the pain felt when deep down I knew I had miscarried was unexplainable. I let out a yell from the bottom of my soul and then immediately went to care for the rest of my family. When you are the backbone you have your moments. How do you move forward? Well, you just do, it is already ingrained in you.
Former punk rocker signed to Interscope records, now an esthetician spa owner, wife, and of course a mom. We at moms in the industry are extremely grateful for Trina Renea` being accepted into the industry’s moms club. Anyone who creates a spa that has built-in child care we are forever indebted to. Why do you dare to ask? Well, because she gets us and she is definitely one of us.
This will be one of the hardest articles that I have ever had to write, so please bear with me. I just spent about an hour researching what other parents have said in my situation. I received little comfort in knowing that others are feeling the pain that my family and I are currently enduring. This is not something you would want even your worst enemy to experience. August 24, 2019 our son Xavier William Patterson would have been 18 years old. By this day he would have changed his name to Xavier Patterson Elie. Our Young Elie. I say our son because even though I entered his life when he was just 7 years of age, I mothered him, giving him every ounce of my being since before he hit puberty. There were a lot of trials and tribulations, but at the end of it all I recognized and accepted that he needed me and I stepped up to the call for his need. What I am unsure of is if he knew how much I needed him too.
Let's get real and talk about this. Every mother that I have encountered has experienced it in some form or fashion and let's face it, it's one of the absolutely suckiest feelings out there. Its a feeling of inadequacy that makes me in particular feel like if I can't give them the time that they … Continue reading MOM GUILT
Dr. Nina Nardi is the best there is in her field. A friend, a wife, a television personality, an amazing veterinarian and of course a dynamic mom of two. The compassion that Dr. Nardi shows to her patients is extraordinary and the education she has put into perfecting her self in her field is exquisite.
... ladies, we've been letting ourselves go a bit.
I am over it. As a mom, I don't want to look tired even though I am completely and utterly exhausted. I want my sweat to glisten with my two-face highlight not just look a hot sweaty mess with an oh no mom glow. I'm not even talking about sweating from the gym either, we are talking day to day toddler chase over here.
So us parents can find it hard to find time for one another when having little ones. Instead of holding your partner while in bed you are sleeping with a little co-creation foot in your mouth. How many times do you try to sneak your little one back into their own bed at night and in just 30min they climb right back in the bed with you?
Oh, the masters of cockblocking. Well, we have scowered to try and find creative fun sneaky ways to have adult fun with your partner....
