I’m from the East Bay, and my family still lives up there. I was a little shocked to hear two day-care workers in the area were arrested for dangerous swaddling practices (i.e. too tight). (Both of the workers are pregnant and each have one other child. )

I’m not a huge fan of swaddling, but there are doctors (like Harvey Karp) who teach safe swaddling practices.

The women who swaddled these babies did so (it seems) to restrict … Keep Reading!!!

Most of us know the definition:

The Walk of Shame:
an instance of walking back home on the day after an unplanned overnight encounter,  dressed in the same clothes as the previous evening.

Of course the original intended meaning behind it was to slut-shame women- let’s ignore that for this post.

We had a G-rated “walk of shame” as a family this morning. We had a movie night with our friends and the kids fell asleep in the guest bedroom. … Keep Reading!!!

Are you struggling with porn addiction, many will hide this fact because they feel it is a sensitive matter, but you may not know that you are addicted until someone else tells you, porn is a very big vice in our society, especially now that mobile handsets can access a lot of online information. The development of technology has contributed to the vice spreading all over the globe. The encouragement to this cant be clearly defined but research indicates that … Keep Reading!!!

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*disclaimer* If menstrual cycle talk freaks you out – click away immediately.

Bryan and I landed in Addis Ababa well rested thanks to the upgrade, and I thought the trip might go off without a hitch from here on out.

I knew that time of the month was starting in a day or so and I put on a pad to be safe. Unfortunately, what I forgot to think about was the fact that … Keep Reading!!!

After Brian and the boys left to go back to the US, I stayed in South Africa and met up with my best friend, Bryan.

Bryan has been my best friend since I was 13, and is familiar with being my roommate on random road trips, but this was the biggest trip we ever did together, and he, in my mind, is almost a saint after what we put up with.

When rooming with someone who is essentially a brother, … Keep Reading!!!

Brian and I are a bit nomadic. We love to travel, but even in our own city we like to move around, too.

Brian thought it would be exciting to live in Downtown LA.

“Great!” I thought.

The boys seem to have inherited our nomadic personalities, because they were happily and critically helping us find a new home.

We found the perfect building with everything we wanted.

In passing during our visit I heard the man say, “pest control and … Keep Reading!!!

Guess what! Pick Your Plum is giving one of you and a friend each $100 gift cards to Target. We typically like to promote small and/or handcrafted business here, and that is exactly what Pick Your Plum is…sortof. Actually, Pick Your Plum is a great place to get the products you need for handcrafting your OWN products. They have new deals on awesome craft supplies every single day – announced at 7am. The site was also recognized by Forbes magazine … Keep Reading!!!

I love this definition of Philanthropy Wikipedia has:

“Philanthropy etymologically means “love of humanity” in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, and enhancing “what it is to be human”—on both the benefactors’ (by identifying and exercising their values in giving and volunteering) and beneficiaries’ (by benefitting) parts. The most conventional modern definition is “private initiatives, for public good, focusing on quality of life.”‘ –Wikipedia

To embrace and support humanity, we need to always remember to have a … Keep Reading!!!