So he wants you to plan and pay for a party you don't want?

"Mom has always favored my younger brother, Liam"

Imagination Starts Here

It's the only way

In a perfect world every parent shows up for their kids when they need them. They are there to keep the monsters away and help you fight them off, but in blended families, roles and dynamics aren't always as clear cut. Balancing the whirlwind of it all can be a challenge for everyone involved. Parents are humans too and they make mistakes especially when they are swept up in love. However it doesn't excuse not putting your children first through it all. They exist because of you. For this daugh…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. When you choose to marry and bring someone into the family, it might not always be a smooth transition. There are infinite stories regarding MIL drama with their DIL, or beef between sibling in-laws. Though it’s maddening to have the people you’re closest to not like each other, it happens more than we’d like to admit. Everyone has their own ways of coping with it; some people choose not to intermingle their family with their partner, and some…

If you're anything like me, you love birthdays, celebrating your own and others'. It's a joyous occasion to reflect on how far you've come and think about where you want to go. But for this young woman, her birthday was tarnished by one of the few people who should have been making it special, her dad. After all, we literally wouldn’t be here without our parents, so you’d think they’d celebrate your birthday like it was their own. You did make them parents, after all. For this teenager, her dad…

Mama mia!

Someone Call the Babysitter

Take it Easy Mom

5 Minutes To Myself Would Be Great

'tis the season

I Love You This Much!

The way I would've 'ooh'd and ahh'd' at the view from my window seat the whole flight...

Finding love is often a lot of trial and error, but eventually, you find your person, you just need to believe. However, as my mom likes to say, when you get married, you're marrying the whole family to some extent, so choose wisely. That can also be a hit or a miss. And if it ends up being a miss, what do you do? Do you give up on your love, or do you power through? They say you don't choose your family, you're born into one, but when you build your own, to what extent can you choose, and wher…

Who else is going to make terrible dad jokes for us??