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{YML Voices} Once A Young Mom, Always A Young Mom

by Trudi Lebron At 30, I may not be considered a “young mommy” when I am dropping off my three-year-old son, Kennedy, at preschool. I’m actually somewhere in the middle of the younger 20somethings with their first child and older moms who may be raising the last of their litter at 40. But when I’m sitting in a high school gymnasium cheering on my almost 15-year-old son, Dwight, in a high school … [Continue reading...]

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Maternity Leave Over: Now It’s Back To Work

by Tamara Floyd Balance for a wife, mother of a baby boy, owner of three dogs, entrepreneur, blogger, housekeeper does NOT exist. It's an urban myth and I’m happy to say I figured that out a long time ago. I don’t stress myself out on a quest for the unobtainable. The fact is some days I’m more active in one of these roles than others. On any given day the baby takes precedence. Which of … [Continue reading...]

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Five Things To Be More Conscious About

By Alicia Harper Lately I’ve been feeling extra blessed and extra content with where my life is right now. I’m so happy not only to be in a really good place, but also to feel as though I’m in a really good place because, as optimistic as I like to think that I am, as a single mom, there were times in the past that I didn’t think this feeling would be possible. I want this feeling to last as … [Continue reading...]

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{YML Voices} Six Things My First Year Of Motherhood Has Taught Me

By Amber (www.theyeyodiaries.com)  A year ago today, I became a mother. I gave birth to a 7 lb, 1 oz, little girl and everything about my life—so much of who I was—changed. This list summarizes the profundity of my first year as a mom and describes my six most valuable lessons (so far). True selflessness. Having a child has taught me how to put someone else before myself. I think … [Continue reading...]

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I Knew I Was A Mom When…

by Christian Parker-Little Before becoming a mom I was a pretty carefree person only having my self to care for. I was on cloud 9 about to get married and looked forward to my new life as a wife. After becoming a young wife there was some adjusting but I quickly fell into step and got used to my daily wife duties. When I first found out I was pregnant, I was overjoyed because it was what my … [Continue reading...]

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I Knew I Was A Mom When…Two Under Two Didn’t Faze Me

by Tameka Bullock I knew I was a mom when I knew I could manage 2 kids under 2 and not have a nervous breakdown everyday. Your life changes with children in general, but to have two of them 11 months apart, almost exactly…to say that my life changed is an understatement! My life has gone from 0 to 110 in a matter of seconds! I had to quickly develop routines and organization and a system … [Continue reading...]

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The Things Our Kids Teach Us

By Alicia Harper Last year, I took Aiden on a trip to Disney World. It was five days of fun in Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Magic Kingdom. Just us two. I had our entire itinerary planned down to the letter. I’m meticulous like that. The plan was to go on certain rides at certain times in order to avoid the crazy long Disney lines. We’d have lunch at a certain time and at a certain restaurant. And … [Continue reading...]

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{YML Voices} The Weight Of True Love

  by Elena Lozano (http://newmamasguide.tumblr.com/) “Is this life threatening…I mean, will she be ok?” The words caught in my throat and my heart beat so painfully sharp in my chest, as I felt my knees go weak and the bile rise in my throat. I waited for the doctor’s response. These 10 seconds seemed longer than the 24 years I had lived up to this point as I watched 3 doctors … [Continue reading...]

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