Dear Diary, At first, I didn’t know what was going on. Just when I had my baby sleeping through the night, she started randomly crying and was inconsolable! Everything that had soothed her in the past couldn't calm her now. Luckily my mom was staying...

Dear Diary, As a middle school teacher, I have witnessed countless parenting styles and have combined some of those examples with my upbringing to develop my own set of standards. In my family, and probably yours, generations don’t always agree on how...

Dear Diary, Recently, I put on a few extra pounds. OK, I'll admit I gained 15. Not sure how it happened. Perhaps a cookie here, and a candy bar there--all desserts that entered my house in the hands of my toddler. My mother always sends her home with a...

The recent police shootings pierced the hearts of Black mothers across the country. We cried tears for the men we never met yet the men we saw our own children and loved ones in. We struggled with how to explain to our children that they live in a world that...

Dear Diary, This summer, my daughter will split her time between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She'll go on multiple vacation, attend multiple summer camps and even blow out her birthday candles on multiple cakes.  It’s a bit much, yes. But such is the...

Dear Diary, Garmin should create a GPS to navigate the road to fertilization. Instead of entering an address, women could plug-in their age, medical information and family history.  The system could map out the fastest route to conception.  The...