Parenting Perspectives

I want to start this post by humbly saying that I have not been the ally I want to be to the Black community, and this is not a "learn from me" post. Rather, this is a "let's do...

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Do you ever feel like it takes you forever to leave the house with children? Like, you age a few years trying? Me too, Girlfriend. Here’s what happened last weekend. It’s a Saturday morning. We wake to the heavy footsteps of...

"Mom, if your job isn't essential, why do you do it?" When my gym closed for the quarantine, my kids struggled to see why I was working at all if my job wasn't important. Ouch! Hi! My name is Andrea,...

I'll be the first to admit it: I've kind of judged stay-at-home moms (SAHMs) over the years.  I couldn't understand it at all when they'd say they have trouble balancing everything from cleaning to scheduling. They have all day, right? I've...

Like many others, the video released this week of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery shook me to my core. Initially, I had no words. The sadness, anger, and shame that immediately built up inside of me all at once...

Finding Purpose Is Celebrated Living in the Bible Belt, we’ve all heard the phrases “discover your purpose,” “live the life you were created for,” and “make a difference.” Finding purpose is celebrated. Birmingham ranks number two among the top charitable...

According to my Instagram account where I've kept a daily picture log of our coronavirus happenings, it is day 49 of quarantine as I write this. Let's rewind to January 1, 2020, back when the world was not only saying...

I learned so much when I unexpectedly lost my dad. This pandemic hijacked my grief. Right at the peak of the anger phase. I wanted to share what I learned about life and the logistics of planning my first funeral....

My Family History I am a proud Asian-American mom. I grew up in an Asian household. Both my parents were born in Vietnam. My mom was born next to an ox in the barn that her family owned. My father...