By Harmony Hobbs: Oprah does this thing in her magazine called What I Know For Sure. It’s an editorial piece she writes every month and although I feel like I’m still too young to fully embrace the Oprah brand, I really do love her honesty. She once openly admitted to wearing full-body...

How to Teach your Kids about Reusing, Reducing and Recycling at Home. By Kate Agliata: In honor of Earth Day, I was invited to speak to each of my children’s classes about the importance of recycling. I gathered up the facts, brought in some examples, and even had them participate in a game....

By: Harmony Hobbs Ugh … daycare. How I loathe and love you. The hardest part of being a working mommy is the issue of childcare. I love to work, but I hate leaving my son. It sent me into a major depression-like funk for the entire first year of his life because I was so laden with guilt over it....

By Harmony Hobbs: Ladies, we need to make time for ourselves. It’s vital to our survival. Recently, I had a bit of a meltdown. Okay … fine. I completely and totally LOST IT. I reached the end of my rope. I took a trip to crazy town. I was, in sum, burned out. My husband recently got a new...

By Kate Agliata: The weather is warming up, the leaves on the trees are budding, and hints of green are sprouting up from the ground—signs of spring are showing up everywhere here in Birmingham. Spring’s arrival means the luxury of getting to spend a lot more time outdoors (making most of us giddy),...

By: Harmony Hobbs I wish to discuss the power of the female hormone. Specifically, the power that it has over ME. You see … I’m pregnant. But before that, I had PMS. Generally speaking, I have the kind of PMS that takes control of my life for 1-2 days. I’m like a woman possessed. One minute I’m...

By Erin Hicks Moon You’d have to be living under a rock to not be aware of the epidemic of bullying in this country.  Specifically, gay-bullying.  The country is trying to decide whether or not a man and another man is an acceptable example of marriage.  The government has repealed the ban on gays...

By Kate Agliata: The laundry is piling up, e-mails need responding, and your 3rd grader still needs help with her homework—you have enough on your plate as it is, without the added pressure to transform your entire lifestyle toward greener living. I hear you, really. Not to mention, buying organic...

Hello, 2011. I had to endure 48 hours cooped in a 1,500 square foot house with my two-year-old and my in-laws to get here.  I witnessed my husband’s 86-year-old great-aunt call my brother-in-law an “egotistical sack of SH!T,” learned that my own grandmother is a closet wine drinker (now I see...

I think we all know someone who has battled infertility.  It is especially hard if you don’t understand the causes.  Even if you haven’t personally dealt with infertility, your friends who have will appreciate you having some background knowledge. Infertility means a couple has not been able to...