If you are a single mom who is struggling – don’t reach out to family and friends hoping they will help you, or even support your projects. Our time has come and gone. In…
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The Expat Mom: Daniel’s 1st Birthday Party
About a year ago I wrote the story about my experience giving birth at a public hospital in Colombia. If not you can read about my terrifying but miraculous experience here. Yesterday we celebrated…
The Hidden Treasure’s of Tolú: And How to Take Your Baby to the Beach!
Our arrival in Tolú was marked by the oppressively humid heat, a strong salty breeze and bicycle taxis clamoring for fares. We stumbled off the bus we had been on for 3 hours from…
How to Take Your Baby to the Rainforest
I don’t always recommend traveling to exotic places with children, but if you do here is my experience. I knew I was in trouble the Saturday morning when my husband rolled over and said…
Being a Mother Abroad
Living abroad has its pitfalls, language, culture, and traditions are maybe subtly or even completely different. Having a family brings that into an even higher dimension of “strange.” When you intermarry into another culture…
Buying a Little House in the Rainforest Pueblo!
About the time you turn 30 (for me this will be happening in August), your need to put down roots, have an impact and basically exist beyond Facebook and Twitter. Some of us start…
Oh The Places You’ll Go (As A Mom)
Learning how to be a mom is a unique challenge where only the strong survive. In my head I tell myself “This.Is.Sparta!” and then laugh so I don’t cry. So here is my story of…
7 Tips, Tricks and Timely Pieces of Advice for Traveling While Pregnant
Traveling while pregnant isn’t always easy, can be very uncomfortable and crazy even, but it can be done! Take my advice as someone who has traveled in my first, second and third trimesters in some…
Morning Sickness Discoveries, Eating Tips and Solutions
I am writing this story in Reno, Nevada USA, I have been here for a couple weeks visiting my family. Visits are always fun, informative and beneficial to my health. My mom feeds me…
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