The last couple weeks, my mom has been sending me home with lemons. Her and her neighbor share a lemon tree, and whatever branches hover over my moms side of the fence, well, my mom gets to keep as her…

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Recently, I was given leftover ham from a party my mom went to. And honestly, it looks like it was barley even touched! So needless to say I was excited about the possibilities with this. Soups, sandwiches, breakfasts. The possibilities…

I was determined to give birth to my third child naturally. I always said I was with my second, but this was different. When I was pregnant with my son, I didn’t continuously tell myself that’s what I was going…