As a stay-at-home mother running a small business from home, I’ve mastered the art of multitasking. Between managing client emails, making sure my kids finish their homework, and keeping our golden retriever, Milo, from wreaking havoc, I rarely have time to notice the little things. So, when I first saw faint lines of sawdust along
The legal cannabis industry in southern California is experiencing an unprecedented boom. Once-abandoned strip malls are now bustling hubs of activity, filled with dispensaries drawing a steady stream of customers. Derelict warehouses in areas like Modesto have transformed into state-of-the-art cannabis growing operations, breathing life into previously forgotten industrial zones. While this growth has been a
When I was a little girl, my brother and I loved climbing the fruit trees growing in our back yard to clamber on top of our house's roof. Despite my mother's warnings, we competed weekly to see who could get up to the top of the roof the fastest. Of course, it was only a matter
It’s the call no parent ever wants to receive. Your heart sinks to the floor as you hear the tears panic in your child’s voice as they tell you someone has hit their car while they were driving on the road. You feel the same amount of panic and you want to break down and
Ever since graduating from college, I've fancied myself an extremely strong and independant woman. For years after graduating, I paid all of my own bills, I fixed and maintained my home (wherever or whatever form it took), and took out my own garbage - even if it required walking up and down 6 flights of
A few years ago, my friend Gloria packed her things and left home. While Gloria does enjoy her spontaneous trips, this wasn’t a trip she would be taking, per usual, with her spouse Mark. After many sleepless nights and long phone calls, Gloria and Mark could not figure a way out of their issues, which
Today, we're going to discuss a rather stressful and frustrating experience I've been going through over the past few months, in part because I want to spread a message of caution and because I just need to vent! For those new to living in southern California, it rarely rains more than a few times a
As a working mom of daughters, I often think about the pressures women face in every aspect of their lives, day in and day out. From our professional lives to personal lives, we face a unique set of challenges that make some parts of girlhood and womanhood universally relatable to almost every girl and woman. I
I, like many of our readers, have been a huge caffeine addict for the majority of my adult life. I still remember my first energy drink while preparing for an all-nighter studying for finals at the tender age of 20. Since then, there has rarely been a day when I missed my morning caffeine fix. Iced
I was looking at my daughter the other day, and for some reason, she made me think of my younger self and my mother. My mother was an avid gardener. She was a kind soul who would never judge a book by its cover, but she would always tend to our garden in the front
