San Diego

Moms let's face it. We need our iPhone. It keeps us connected, entertained, productive and can save us from a child meltdown. It's almost impossible to imagine a world without our iPhone, iPad or Mac....

“Don’t let the Mommy-Guilt get you down,” a well-intentioned female colleague who did not have children told me last week. She sat at the edge of the conference table twirling a pen as she...

  When a mama tells me that she doesn’t have time to workout, she is actually saying that she just doesn’t love it enough. I get it.   Moms are busy. While we are really good at...

The Disney Who-Der-Whater? Since its inaugural Panel in 2008, The Disney Park Moms Panel (#DisneyMP), is an amazing FREE (!) online resource for all things Disney related. And I really do mean all things. Headed to Walt...

“I’m so tired.” I whispered aloud. I was sitting in my rickety twenty-year-old rocking chair as I fed my four-month-old his 5am bottle when I uttered those words. I was almost afraid to utter them,...

Two years ago I had the honor of meeting one of the sweetest, most loving, cute, incredible, strong and down right most amazing human beings. Our meeting didn’t go quite as planned, but the...

While shopping for back to school supplies with my daughter, we couldn’t help but be excitedly distracted by the newly set up display of Halloween and fall decorations. It was 90 degrees outside, yet...

It’s 1:40am and I just climbed back into bed after nursing our son back to sleep for the 3rd time since we put him down at eight. I noticed you’re awake enough to roll...

My family and I are brand new to San Diego, but not only that: we're brand new to beachside living. Okay, technically we're not living near the beach, but when the beach is practically...

I’m a mom. I’m supposed to hold my stuff together and have a brave face, but I can’t. I’m admitting it….I’m scared.   Between the deaths of innocents with cop violence, or last night's violence on...

I am a man. I like to fish, I like to hunt, I like to shoot guns and hike off trail, I pretend I’m good at golf (and if I played more I could...

I love my job. I'm a doula. I get to support mothers and fathers during a very special time of their lives. I get to watch their joy, and be with families during the birth...