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You felt like something wasn’t right with your child, family member or friend. You noticed the warning signs. You took action and started the conversation about their mental health and showed them you cared. You came up with a plan and then no one followed through on it. Did you know you are among the…
Yep, cold season…it’s back. It’s October and children are back in school. We all know what that means, we’re rapidly approaching prime cold season because kids love to share. I’m always on the lookout for ways to prevent my house from being taken down and these are some of my most tried and true essential…
The Best Kinds of Friends I’ve seen and shared the meme, which reads “A true friend is the one you can go months without talking to and when you reconnect nothing has changed.” Living in different areas of New Jersey and making friends with people from all over the state throughout my life, I’ve found…
I was the child who always carried a book around. Whether I was at a family function or the dinner table you best believe there was a book close by, just in case. My love of books followed me into adulthood, and although my Kindle has made life a little less cumbersome for my own…
Chocolate Makes Everyone Feel Better Birth demonstrates how incredibly strong women are. Postpartum reveals how extremely vulnerable women are. I did not expect the postpartum period to be as difficult as it was for me. I expected sleepless nights, but the emotional roller coaster of my brain transforming into a mother shocked my system. In…
Before my husband and I got married we talked a lot about travel. The places we wanted to go, the experiences we wanted to have. How we wanted to do more of it. Sadly the only travel that we ever seemed to do, outside of some long weekend road trips, was to visit our families…
Fall is one of my favorite seasons. Not because the temperatures fall, but for decorating. Here in Phoenix we are still in the 100s, so it doesn’t feel very fall-like outside. Luckily, I can make it feel more fall-like inside. I love creating new things for each season and I have already started on some…
Hey gals, Jillian Rosado of the Jillian Rosado Blog here and I’m back again (not that long since my last post) for a super important cause! Every October, I am a HUGE supporter of shopping for a cause in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness! I know, I know, the ultimate anti-pink gal loves her some…
Isaac is my third born. He was a game changer. Terrifying and incredibly profound to my life since day one of conception. You see, life has a funny way of giving you everything you could have ever dreamed of in the least ideal of ways. From the end of my life as I knew it…
I don’t know if I am the only one that does this, but when I find meat on sale, I just can’t help myself. I stock up and then pray I can find room for it in the freezer. Usually there’s some maneuvering that takes place, but by the end everything will somehow fit. And…