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WWYD? A bigger kid shoved Antonio…

There is a fine line between comforting and coddling your child when something goes wrong.  Last year we met up with some of my family to eat at a nice restaurant that opened a couple of towns away. My family…

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My kid’s not a chicken nugget kid, because chicken nuggets weren’…

Ut-oh this post title itself is going to piss people off! But here we go, because I have no filter and this topic, I am super passionate about…(and let me clarify, chicken nuggets are almost an analogy here – they…

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Being a GIRL BOSS is a state of mind

I feel like I have been using the phrase “Girl Boss” for at least 15 years. I have always seen the phrase marketed to career women. Entrepreneurs. Women that took over men’s roles in the workplace. I never ever remember…

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If you raise your son right, it will be the slowest breakup …

I’ll never forget the day I heard this line in an advertisement for a podcast episode. It was for an Australian podcast, and sometimes when I hear people speaking with an accent – I hear exactly what they are saying…

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Hot & Cold Salad

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My Birth Story – Part 2 

As I am being wheeled to the OR, the anesthesiologist is running alongside of my bed firing rapid questions at me like a scene out of Grey’s Anatomy. Time was of the essence, and he was doing the best he…

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My Birth Story – Part 1

After learning the horrific details of why my OBGYN was banned from delivering in any hospital, I made peace with the fact that no other doctor would take me in for care since I was due in a couple of…

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Why you should research your OBGYN 

Trigger warning: this was extremely hard to write and will be hard to read, but I know this needs to be shared as it could save a life… When I found out I was pregnant, I was a patient of…

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I love being a mom

I love being a mom & still can’t believe it (I NEVER wanted to have kids!)

If you know me, like REALLY know me, you’d be as shocked as I am sometimes that I am a mom!

Last week I was at our local fish market and ran into an attorney I used to work with. “Can you believe this is my gorgeous offspring?” I asked. (half asking myself)

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What is Cars & Crystals?

Navigating motherhood is WILD!

It changes your entire life in a moment, and yet life doesn’t stop or slow down for you to adjust. As women, we are handed the most important role in life, however, most of us don’t have a large tribe or support system. And when they say, “it takes a village,” I personally feel like that village was meant more to help mom on her journey from woman to mother.

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