This time last year, I feared I was setting myself up to be a huge hypocrite. It was our first-ever Health & Wellness Guide, and I was touting the importance of putting your health first for once and using New Year’s as a chance to make a true lifestyle...

Our lives are hectic, to say the least, which makes it difficult to meet all of our obligations between work, children, after-school activities and more. We’re all guilty of putting others, like our children, before our own well-being from time to time,...

I would ask if things have calmed down since the kids are back in class, but that’s a question inevitably answered with either a sarcastic “Yeah, sure” or a “no” and a nervous laugh. Do things ever slow down once summer ends?

The calendar year may begin in January, but as parents, we adhere to a slightly different schedule. For us, it’s all about September through June. That’s when our fiscal year begins. New tuition fees are introduced; registration rates are upped; an array...

I know we tend to say this every year, but I really mean it when I say I can’t believe summer is here. We’re halfway through June already and I feel like spring breezed by completely undetected. It’s just the way life goes these days. My 5-year-old graduated...

It’s hard to believe that I’m wearing a sweater as I write this and we had to cover up our flowers last night to protect them from the frost. I have to keep telling myself it’s mid-May and, pretty soon, it’ll no longer be wishful thinking—summer will...

When I was in college, my plan was to major in journalism with a minor in art, specializing in photography.