Amanda Broach always knew she wanted to help people, and her interest in the medical field dates back to her pre-teen years. “My grandmother had a stroke when I was 12,” she recalled. “I remember going to see her at the hospital and my mom telling me not to cry, to be strong for Grandma.” […]
Thank you to Pure Hydration for helping busy mamas tackle that hectic #MomLife! #MomLife is a busy life. Between the boo-boos and lunch packing to work meetings and soccer practice, not to mention fitting in a little exercise and maybe a date night (or just a few minutes to catch up on your day with […]
Emilie Christenson is the owner of Jaffi’s Boutique and a local mom raising daughters and the next generation of entrepreneurs, Carlie and Devon. She is a true boss babe and mentor with a heart of gold, and the fashionista behind this fun, down to earth beaches boutique. Inspiring women for over a decade and a […]
So you’ve decided to go back to work. Or you are working while contemplating having a(nother) baby. Or you took as much maternity leave as you could and it was over in five seconds and now you’re headed back to the office. Have you wondered, as you watched their sweet squishy cheeks breath in and […]
Before having kids, I thought the hardest part of being a new mom would be the sleepless nights. Don’t get me wrong, those are hard (thank you, coffee), but I never even considered the myriad of concerns and issues surrounding feeding. Despite taking parenting classes at the hospital and reading several books while pregnant, I […]
Aren’t we all always busy? It doesn’t matter if it’s Christmas, or fall and the start of the school year, or the end of the school year and all the crazy of “May-vember.” It doesn’t matter if it is the end of the quarter or the start of the new fiscal year. There’s no break in the […]
I stayed home with my first child. She was a fall baby, so by the time summer began, she was sitting up on her own and could fit into a cute bathing suit. That summer as a first-time mama, I spent long, long days at the neighborhood club pool. My closest friends would meet us […]
Hiring that special someone to help out with the little ones or even around the house? Mary Poppins sets the bar high in the nanny universe, but hopefully with some of these helpful tips, you, too, can find your very own Mary! The definition of a nanny often varies from parent to parent, and there […]
Shirley Fiano is a Florida native, born and raised in Jacksonville. She graduated from Sandalwood High School and married her husband, Tony, a Marine Corps veteran originally from Massachusetts. Together, they had three children: Cassy, TJ, and Frankie. Cassy is 34 and has a family of her own now, and Frankie is 10. TJ sadly […]
I’m 49, married 12 years to a wonderful man, Kent, and we have a 5-year-old daughter, Lucy. I have Stage IV, Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer, for which there is no cure. I’m currently in a clinical trial. Treatments are tolerable, but more importantly, they are working. It has extended my time with Kent, Lucy, […]
“You didn’t come, Mom,” she wailed. “You were the ONLY MOM who wasn’t there!” I had no idea what my 6-year-old was talking about when I picked her up that day from school, but her distress was enough to make me start crying. Apparently I had missed her school scout troop’s picnic in the park, […]
With the rise of the long overdue #MeToo movement, women all over the globe are finally — and fearlessly — breaking their silence on sexual assault and abuse. While their stories of survival continue to be heard and headlines on harassment and rape run rampant, dedicated sexual assault advocates like Teresa Miles are needed now […]
