My faith lies in my heart not my hijab.
So I usually don’t publicly talk religion. Yet there is a question that is coming up time and time again recently… “Where’s your hijab (scarf)If you know me in life you know I rarely eft home with...
View ArticleThe Baby Product that No One Told You, You Would Need
That last week and a half have been crazy somewhat nail-biting stressful. Lyam has been either teething or just realized he needs me more than ever for some weird reason… and Cadden, well Cadden has...
View ArticleBrotherly Love
When time came near for Lyam to be born I had a huge fear. It didn’t involve going into labor or even how his birth would go, it was going from one child to two. Cadden had Chad and I all to himself...
View ArticleFathers Day
Fathers day.. The day we all stop and give thanks for the fathers in our lives. No matter how whacky, crazy or downright mad they are we are thankful for them. I did not grow up with a stable...
View ArticleWe are Part of That 15 Percent
We are Part of That 15 Percent I came across this blog last night when just mindlessly surfing around like I do every night. My first thoughts were this is pretty cool as I looked at the different...
View ArticleMissed Childhood Past-time
Apparently one of the set rules when growing us is learning how to ride a bike. I apparently was not told this rule when growing up nor was my mother ( mom I forgive you for this). That’s right I never...
View ArticleNight walks and the trouble they bring
So my Family goes for late night walks. Mainly for the dog yet we have found we like watching the sun set and having bugs attack us (nothing like a great big mosquito bite….we do remember to put bug...
View ArticleWe may Differ Skin wise, But Yes He is Mine
I have been warned by friends that the day will come when I will be asked if my youngest is really mine or if I am the nanny. I brushed if off as that will not happen the year is 2013. Well a few days...
View ArticleEmbarrassed: Breastfeeding in Public
I stumbled across this video on Facebook…. I have watched it about ten times or more and every time I do I think HELL YES! Moms embrace nursing in public whether covered or not. Do Not for anyone’s...
View ArticleI am no Food Blogger
So I am very envious of food bloggers even more so of mommy food bloggers. Every picture they take is perfect. You don’t spot kids in sinks or eating the ingredients in those pictures. So today I woke...
View ArticleEmbarrassed – Interview with Hollie McNish
Embarrassed || Spoken Word by Hollie McNish I shared this spoken word poem a few days ago and my feelings have not changed. I still think HELL YES every time I watch (maybe 15 times no OK maybe more...
View ArticleMy Image is Not For Sale
Reblogged from walkerwrackspurt: I am a modern Lakota winyan. No accent. No paint. No feathers. I'm like no Indian you've ever seen. Because I am not a mascot. Or a blockbuster archetype. Someone...
View ArticleIts Not just some Slavery- Civil War Shit
I found this photo floating around my Facebook news feed. Why does it seem like when all is going well in the breast-feeding word that something happens that results in ten steps being taken back?...
View ArticleBreastfeeeding in Color
So I follow more than a handful of breastfeeding pages and I have to say my favorite thing about following them are the breastfeeding photos. Yet there has been something that has been eating at me….....
View ArticleThe Wet nurse I am not – Bellies, Boobs, and Brunch
It has been made clear time and time again that for some reason I attract the crazies. Maybe its Karma from another past life I don’t know but ish that I really can’t make up usually happens to me. I...
View ArticleMy Milk is Your Milk
Welcome to the World Breastfeeding 2013 Blog Carnival cohosted by NursingFreedom.org and The San Diego Breastfeeding Center! This post was written for inclusion in the WBW 2013 Blog Carnival. Our...
View ArticleSometimes ish Happens
So I find that when I am buried in working on projects .. my family and friends tend to get a bit crazy. As if they are like ” hey Iola needs to focus on something else so let’s do weird and gross...
View ArticleBreastival of Nurslings -Giveaway!
So awhile ago in another blog post I said ” Every mom should have a professional nursing photo done at some point” Well guess what? I get to give a lucky mom that chance! Though that mom does have to...
View ArticleIt’s not You, it’s Me
Have you ever had a moment in which you think “What the F did I just read”? Well I have had two of those moments this week enough for me to ditch many of the AP groups I was part of, one of these...
View ArticleTide Pods and Heart Attacks.
If you are a parent you are fully aware that if you kids are quiet, you need to be worried. Usually in my house this means a floor or child has been colored on with a magic marker, or there is a...
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