Destin 30A Moms

I don't know about you but finding friends as an adult is so much harder than when I was a kid or even at my most awkward as a teenager. Back then it was so simple. You'd see a...

Fire wife, fire life. It is what we do. It is what we signed up for, agreed to, said “I do” to. We are fire wives. The more I get to know the other wives, the more I realize...

Nearly 14 years ago, a lovely nurse named Glinda placed a tiny eight pound two ounce bundle of baby boy on my chest after many hours of labor and pushing. I remember being completely in awe and also completely...

Music has always been one of the great loves of my life. As I write this, I’m sitting in the sun on my back porch with some NOLA jazz blaring from my phone. If I close my eyes and...

Quarantine me and, tell me I am pretty. I guess I never knew this is what I needed all along.  Damn, if this is not a weird time to be alive but, I am kind of in to it. I...

Mother's Day is upon us and it got me thinking... not only about my own mom, but about all the moms in my life who have helped me along the way.  I truly couldn't Mom without them!  They helped...

My life has been a collage of ideas. Pictures of how it should be, and realities of how it has pieced together over the years. Perfectionism and “people pleasing” has kept me bound in chains of how I should...

Prior to this global pandemic, I classified my parenting style as loving, warm and strict (others might classify it as uptight lol). We have well-rounded healthy meals, no sugary breakfasts during the week, limited screen time, a set schedule...

My husband is a pretty laid back and chill guy. He's not the type of person you'd expect to head straight for an impending hurricane or drive to the Florida epicenter of a pandemic. Yet, because of his role...

I am struggling to meet a blog writing deadline.  Confession time:  I googled blog topics. *cringe*  Don’t get me wrong, I have many topics running through my head right now - I just can’t stop one topic long enough...

My son was recently in Orlando, Florida without any member of his family. He's highly supervised, of course, but this was the first time he/any of my children have been away from us for a school trip. He was...

As I reflect back on the previous year (some refer to as “normal” times), prior to the COVID19 pandemic, I am flooded with emotion. I treasure and hold dear the memories of the year and years prior even more...

Growing up I had a lot of ideas about what I wanted to be when I grew up. There was a brief stint where I wanted nothing else but to be a pediatrician and play with babies all day....

"How many of you have ever felt personally victimized by Regina George?" Me: *raising my hand*  How many of you have been Regina George?   Me:  *raising my hand slowly* If you answered no to the second question - then you might be...