Tag Archives: Relationships

The fourth of July is coming up. A welcomed day off from work to celebrate our American Independence. I look forward to staying up later than usual tonight and sleeping in tomorrow. My kids are almost...

We Americans are a mixed-up bunch. With heritages too varied to count, often the only thing we have in common is that our ancestors came from somewhere else!   My mom's family settled here when t...

Date nights.  Those two words might as well have been spoken in a foreign language over the past decade for all I cared.  Actually that's not entirely true- I did care, it just wasn't the re...

Yesterday I wore “the pants” to work. You know the ones. They fit but only if by 'fit' you mean they button and don’t bust at the seam while pulling them on. Each time I sit down I g...

I grew up in a family that didn’t attend church.  My mom had every good excuses as to why we didn’t go.  Scraping to make ends meet, we didn’t have money for Sunday clothes...

I’ll confess.  I had heard of Money Saving Mom for years but never paid much attention. Here’s why:  As much as I appreciate frugality and saving a few buck...

Join us for Money Saving Mom’s 7 day Say Goodbye to Survival Mode Challenge. Starting on 6/30 for 7 days you will receive an e-mail with a specific challenge to help you get out of sur...

My son didn’t walk until he was 14 months old. I recall looking at the parenting app on my phone and receiving emails from Baby Center about “your child’s milestones” and reali...

Last weekend, my son was the Best Man at a friend’s wedding.  The thing is, my son had never met this “friend” before.  He didn’t even know his name until after he wa...

It was sometime during the early months after my son's birth, during the period that we've already established was not my finest hour. I was home, I was lonely, I was exhausted, and I was bored. I use...