Why More Moms Are Crowdfunding Maternity Leave

When a co-worker told me about The Today Show running a piece on moms crowdfunding maternity leave, the first thing that came to mind was “why didn’t I think of that?” NBC News Correspondent Olivia Sterns spoke with a couple moms from Virginia with a financial dilemma, each facing maternity leave with no support from…

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Blog Goals for 2016: New Year Resolutions to Keep

How many times have you come up with New Year resolutions that don’t work out? Well, I’ve done it way too many times. That’s why I prefer to set goals for the upcoming year.  Earlier this year, I came up with a list of blog goals for 2015. My site was in desperate need of an…

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How I Potty Trained My Son in Three Days

I used to think that potty training boys was a lot harder than girls, but after my son potty trained in three days, I feel differently, sort of. I recently wrote an article about a failed attempt to take my son to the public restroom on my mom.me blog while potty training. When it came to taking…

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Challenges of Being a Multiracial Family and Dealing With Racism

I recently wrote a post on my mom.me blog called “Challenges Parents of Multicultural Kids Can Understand.” I write about this subject from time to time because it’s our truth. There are many challenges of being a multicultural and multiracial family. Most recently, there have been a couple of instances that has prompted me to write a follow up…

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