By Misty Browne of Rustic Musings of a Scattered Mind I am a liar. I’ve lied to your family and I’ve lied to your friends. I’ve lied to acquaintances and total strangers. Oh, I’m a great story teller. I can weave a web of lies quicker and prettier than the best […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Joe Medler of Developing Dad Every one of us wants to set our children up for success. Cruelly, there’s literally no chance of us not messing up our kids at least a little. In fact, without messing them up a little we won’t give them […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Are you a parent with a sick child, a child with a sick parent, or a spouse with a sick partner? Chances are that you felt like you were drowning when the tidal wave of information and responsibilities of being a caregiver flooded your life. In […]
After I had my daughter, my fertility doctor asked me to write my success story. Here it is: I have a beautiful, healthy baby girl. That’s it. There is nothing more to say. Success. Now, do you want to hear the story of my failure? The time is here to […]
Ask any parent how much free time they have, and they’re likely to respond, “What’s that?” Parenting is a full time job, one that doesn’t come with sick or personal days. And while the reward of this particular career is not financial (in fact, ask any parent how much money […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] You guys have totally noticed that going to the gynecologist is super weird and awkward, right? I thought so. First, they make you sit in a waiting room with other patients. Some are visibly pregnant, so it’s easy to tell why they’re there. Others, though? They could be […]
By Misty Browne of Rustic Musings of a Scattered Mind Several years ago when I was in nursing school, I endured a week of what was the second most horrible clinical experience ever. No, nobody died, nobody coded, nobody spewed body fluids on me either. I was doing my pediatric […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Keeping children active during the long winter months is important to their health, but it’s especially critical to the healthy development of special needs children, particularly those with brain injuries. Our son, Ewing, now 4, suffered a stroke in utero, resulting in right sided hemiparesis and […]