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Moving Forward

Moving Forward

I’ve been playing this song on repeat for the past three months and when I tell you it has gotten me through some rough moments, I’m not playing. There’s a lot of stress that comes along with being a modern mother and sometimes I find it hard to be my best on any given day. [...]

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Supporting Those Who Support Us

Supporting Those Who Support Us

If you’ve spent a good amount of time on this blog over the past few years, you’ll know that I am a huge supporter of The National Crittenton Foundation. They work to support young women – women like us. Women who had children at an early age and need a network of support systems to [...]

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{YML Voices} Growing Pains and Lessons Learned

{YML Voices} Growing Pains and Lessons Learned

by Alicia Harper April is one of my favorite months of the year. Why? Well, it’s my birthday month! [Insert image of Alicia doing the running man here.] At the end of the month, I’ll be turning 28 years old, and contrary to the popular belief that women feel melancholy or anxious with age, I’m [...]

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{Giveaway} Free One-Year Supply Of Tropicana Orange Juice

{Giveaway} Free One-Year Supply Of Tropicana Orange Juice

I’ve partnered with Tropicana for yet another giveaway for a year’s supply of orange juice! It seems it was a very popular giveaway the last time around, so when they asked me what I thought my readers would be interested in, I suggested we do the same thing. As I wrote on Monday, Tropicana is [...]

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{YML Voices} What I Am Not

{YML Voices} What I Am Not

by Charese Brooker When I first became pregnant at the age of 16 I got judged just like every other young mom or mom-to-be I know. Even some of my family members gave me the roll-of-the-eyes look and shook their head. And everyone proceeded to tell me things like, “You’re NOT ready,” “You’re Not old [...]

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