Health + Safety

The holidays are hard on my waistline.  As much as I swear I won't eat my weight in sugary carb loaded goodness, I do. Every year. Last year, as the calendar flipped to 2014, I pledged to lose weight and...

Are you trying to eat healthier this year? Every year, many of us make a resolution to eat healthier or go on a diet as part of a New Year's Resolution. Eating healthier means eating more fruits and vegetables while...

I was giving my baby boy a bath when I heard from the living room, my 3-year old daughter yell, "It's fat!!" I grabbed a towel, got the baby out of the bathtub and ran into the living room,...

**Each Friday, starting Nov 7 and for the next 7 weeks, we will be posting a new blog post about breastfeeding and several different journeys our team has experienced.** Breastfeeding is the strangest, most wonderful thing I have ever been blessed...

It's that dreaded time of the year. The time of the year where I want to quarantine my children, and I carefully disinfect my germ-infested shopping cart. What time of the year you ask? Flu season. With flu season quickly approaching,...

A few nights ago, after my daughter went to bed, I was scrolling through Facebook and saw that one of my favorite radio personalities, Phil Inzinga, had posted a video of his son Max (also known as "The Freckled...

The call came in on a Tuesday morning somewhere around 9:12 a.m.   My surgeon was on the line and his first words to me were, “this isn’t the report I wanted to be giving you – you have cancer.  ...

As the leaves begin to fall and the dew is on the grass in the crisp mornings, we are signaled that it is the beginning of fall and the beginning of the holiday season. The first holiday on the...

I love having a plan. As a mom, sometimes plans fall through. Okay... plans fall through a lot. But one thing that I've learned is that if I don't have a plan for healthy after school snacks, my kids...

I don't really consider myself a cancer survivor.  I mean, I've had cancer and I don't now, so I guess that technically makes me a survivor, but the reality of my experience pales in comparison to what so many people...

There is so much good happening in our community. From lending a helping hand when a mom has her hands full to caring for those who might not have as much as we do, Oklahomans love to help.  So when...

Back in the fall of 2010 I started to have issues with my back. A trip to the doctor and an MRI later I found out I had a bulging disk in my already curved lower back; likely the...