How To Be A Good Aunt During the Coronavirus Pandemic

How To Be A Good Aunt During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Isolating yourself without feeling isolated During this current time in our nation, we’re being advised to maintain social distancing in an effort to confine and diminish the risk of spreading the coronavirus. On the other hand, we also have to continue to live...
Helping Moms with C-Section Recovery

Helping Moms with C-Section Recovery

If you’re reading this because you’re going to become an Aunt sometime soon – CONGRATULATIONS!  Aunthood is a wonderful right of passage.  You’re about to embark on a beautiful journey filled with laughs, smiles, and pure joy!   But before...
Valentine’s Gift Ideas For Your Niece and Nephew

Valentine’s Gift Ideas For Your Niece and Nephew

A lot of people were surprised by how I could maintain such a close bond with my niece and nephews when they lived several states away from me for 9 years. Though our houses were located hundreds of miles away, our hearts lived as close as next-door neighbors. And...
New Year’s Resolutions For Aunts

New Year’s Resolutions For Aunts

Most people make annual New Year’s resolutions, right? You’ve heard at least one person say, “Come January 1st, I’m gonna…” fill in the blank. You want to lose weight, eat better, meditate, blah blah blah. Some are successful in...
Why Chaos On Thanksgiving Brings Me Joy

Why Chaos On Thanksgiving Brings Me Joy

An Open Letter To My Nieces and Nephews Dear Lola, Layla, Jayden, and Julian, It’s Thanksgiving again.  It’s hard to imagine that the earth has made an entire rotation around the sun once more, yet here we are – ready and willing to stuff our faces...