Let’s get real moms. We rarely put ourselves first. Priorities focus on our families, our careers, and our home life. We are on the go from the moment we wake up until our sleepy heads hit the pillow at night. We come second. When you go on an airplane, the stewardess shares how you should […]
Author Archives: Tricia Sportsman
If one more person says, “just stick to a schedule!”, I’m going to scream. We get it. This is wild, and scary, and different than anything we’ve ever experienced before. We’re all just trying to figure things out. Stay healthy. Take care of our families. Flatten the curve and teach our children. Work, and stay sane, […]
Here’s a label you don’t want to claim – Distracted Driver. But sadly, the majority of us are distracted drivers. Did you know that the month of April is Distracted Driver Awareness Month? Probably not. It doesn’t seem to get enough press. Although just two weeks ago I read about a guy in Tampa who bent down to […]
Have you visited Disney parks during this pandemic? I have and it’s a much different process booking your Disney vacation during Covid-19. We are a Disney family and annual pass holders. We love Disney and visit the parks often. Since the reopening, we have been to Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Hollywood Studios. We felt very […]
My mother died when my son was nine months old. Less than a year later, we lost my husband’s father. Since our other parents died many years before he was born, my little boy is growing up without grandparents. How much do grandparents matter? A former First Lady once famously said “It takes a village […]
Confession: Until I became a mom, I knew very little about co-sleeping and assumed it was a dangerous practice. A mom sleeping in her bed with her baby? She must be crazy. I mean, wasn’t she putting her baby in harm’s way? Everyone knows a crib is the only safe place for a baby to sleep, right? And maybe she is just a […]
I almost feel guilty saying this: when my son was a baby, I was not a sleep-deprived mom. My child sleeps like a champion. He always has, even from the first day his dad and I brought him home from the hospital. You know the picture most of us see when we think of a […]
What is your communication with other parents, should you call them? I know it is definitely different from when my mom and dad were raising us. It is going to sound pretty funny but when I was a kid, all or most of the moms, would walk us out to the bus stop in the […]
Sitting here thinking about where the time went? I have my first college-bound child. These past few months I have been anticipating this but boy is this hard as she is demanding her independence, and I am asking for her to slow down. Will there ever be a happy medium? This emotion of separation really […]
2020 was a dumpster fire of a year. I mean seriously, if you had told me on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day 2020 what the year would bring, I would have assumed you had too much punch and needed a ride home. I may have passed along the names of some therapists for […]