Halloween is just around the corner, and everyone is scrambling to find a last minute costume. You don’t have time to go to the store and get a costume. You just want something simple and effortlessly gorgeous to grab from your closet and win the costume co...

I used to never say the F-word. I didn’t engage in the F-word. I’m a mom, moms don’t do that sort of thing... No, I’m not talking about THAT F-word. I’m talking about FUN. As a mom, fun was something that I just didn’t have time for. I was always running t...

What would you do? Where would you go? When is the last time you took a day off? I mean, a day where you didn’t check your email(s), cell phone(s), work messages, social media apps etc. every 5 minutes? Well, maybe you checked them a few times but at least ...

As much as we all love wearing sweats and a messy ponytail, there is a time and place for everything. When it’s time to put down the Nutella, stop binge-watching Orange is the New Black, and go out for a night on the town or a shopping day with your girlfri...

Do you ever look at someone’s attire and wonder how they matched their jewelry so perfectly to their outfit? And then you find yourself thinking, “that looks wonderful, but I bet I could never pull that style off” I was never really one to take a step ...

As a self-proclaimed social butterfly, it crushes my spirit when people say they hate small talk or become paralyzed with fear and insecurity while in a casual social setting. You see, I love small talk! Whether you refer to it as small talk or chit-chat, t...

There is something beautiful that happens when girlfriends get together. When women stop the hustle bustle of their daily lives to enjoy each other, catch up, and relax, you can almost see the stress of the day-to-day melt away. What remains is the purity o...

So it's Christmas. This is a day to be with family. It seems fitting that I write about a very special member of my family. My oldest son, Brian. As a little girl, I always knew that one day, I’d grow up, get married and have children. What I didn’t know wa...

Christmas is next week - Can you believe it?! The holiday season is in full swing and it is around the holiday season that the mood hits me to wrangle up my small family and go take family pictures. In my brain and, on Pinterest, this all plays out very nic...