Finally, it’s Mother’s Day! Happy celebrating to all of you, and I truly hope you all get to enjoy your day in a way that is special to you. We Mamas don’t get to do that very often, do we?
And, as much as we’d like to hog the spotlight this weekend, it’s just not [...]

Make sure to tune in tomorrow for our Mother’s Day Grand Prize giveaway: a professional teeth whitening to brighten mama’s day from Town Center Dentistry and Orthodontics (a $350 value)!
I hate to play favorites but if I am going to reveal my unsightly toe nails, it’s gotta be at Sweet Life Nail Bar & Lounge [...]

It looks like it’s going to be another stormy weekend. I’m not one to complain (who am I kidding? I may actually have a tendency to complain), but can we not catch a break on the weekends? My son has so many soccer make-ups scheduled, he’ll be playing until the Fourth of July!
Earth [...]

My husband Jamie has been cancer-free for 10 years.
He had recently graduated from college and had started his own consulting firm when a lump starting forming on his neck. It disappeared after a week but night-sweats and flu-like symptoms emerged. And then the lump returned.
He tried a few home remedies to no avail and finally [...]

As we enter a new chapter in this nation’s history,

Let us not forget those who made it possible.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction….The chain [...]

Our Christmas was all about giving each other “experiences.” My brother and sister-in-law threatened to take us to the killer workout Ripped but I mercifully got sick and they instead porked us up at the city’s nicest steakhouse. And for The Parents Who Have Everything, my husband Jamie and I decided we would whisk them [...]

Terra turned to blogging at The Emerson Family as a quicker, easier way to chronicle her days of motherhood and she hopes it will be something her two young daughters will refer to for guidance and remembrance. Her candid posts are humorous, often interactive, light, and entertainingly appropriate for all to read and enjoy. She [...]