My Family’s Visit to The African American History Museum Should Be Your Reason To Go

Welcome to Black History Month. I’ve been contemplating the best way to share my most recent adventure with my littles as we have begun to immerse ourselves in black history. Not just for the month but more regularly throughout their little lives. My sons are three and four years old. It may seem like a

Too Stressed to Give Thanks? Time to Refocus.

I’ve had a left eye twitch for the last week and a half. Could be a potassium deficiency. Could be stress or anxiety. More likely than not, it’s the latter. What is there not to stress about as the seasons change and the holidays approach for year two of the pandemic. What seasonal sickness is

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Trite Stereotypes Plaguing Community in Motherhood

Dedicated to the Pod Squad trite adjective (of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness. https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/ I have been lucky to experience motherhood under the brim of many different hats. Sporting the ‘working mom’ fedora, the ‘stay at home mom’ baseball cap, the ‘depressed mom’ hood, the ‘happy

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Simple Steps Parents Use to Meet Every Expectation

By Jillian Lankford Whether you are welcoming your first child or adding a new addition to your family, the intense pressure to “do it all” is sinking in. Here we offer a stay at home, work from home, working parent tested, and child endorsed plan to get it all done. From laundry to cooking to

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Why I Hate Being A Stay at Home Mom

by Jillian Lankford Dedicated to Mary Elizabeth Morey I know I know, hate is such a strong word. In recent years it has turned into a curse word. It is so easy to use and has so much implied rage. The opposite, love, or it’s cousin, like, are so over-used they just fall off our

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