By Whitney Fleming Santa’s Not Coming to Our House Anymore
"Mom, I think I need new roller blades. I have a blister on my toe,” my youngest daughter told me…
Continue Reading
A Gift for Mom! 🤍
Posts By
Whitney Fleming
She’s Slipping Through My Fingers
I watch as she bounds down the stairs in her pink and white polka-dotted footed pajamas. Her bed-head hair is…
Continue Reading
There Is Not One Face of Depression
"I wish I would have known she was depressed. I mean, she didn't look like it." These are the words…
Continue Reading
Using the Right Measurements for our Daughters
I noticed my daughter was acting odd when she returned from the grocery store with family friends, but I did…
Continue Reading
Parenting Older Kids is Freaking Exhausting
I didn't think I would still be this tired. I remember when my kids were young and 7:30 p.m. would never come. After a…
Continue Reading
Dear Ann Coulter: Keep Our Photos Out of Your Twitter Feed
Dear Ms. Coulter: I know it’s been a rough few days for you, having to sit with the commoners and…
Continue Reading
Parents: It’s Not About the Phone
Recently I was sitting in a conversation with a few girlfriends when the topic of cell phones came up. It’s…
Continue Reading
The Call I Should Have Made about My Depression
I am tired before I even open my eyes. My body is an anchor to the bed and disengaging from…
Continue Reading
Teaching Kids to Speak Up – Even to Their Friends
When my daughter was in fourth grade, I received an email from another mother. “I just wanted to say how…
Continue Reading
When Your Tween Brings Out the Worst Mom in You
My hands wrap tighter around the steering wheel of the silver minivan, and I feel my body steel like armor,…
Continue Reading
Raising Kids, Raising Survivors
My 11-year-old daughter walks through the door and crumbles in front of me. Through waves of tears, she explains she…
Continue Reading
Too Sexy, Too Young
I watch my daughter walk into the room with her long, straight chestnut hair swaying side to side. I love…
Continue Reading