Pensacola Mom Collective

September 13 is "National Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day." A little backstory about me, I grew up in South Georgia; this is an important observation because it proves that I was surrounded by food. Literally, all the time! Southern...

Tummy bugs - they are so contagious. You may feel nauseous just reading this post!  “My tummy hurts” are the three most dreaded words in our home.  As a registered nurse and mother to three little girls who have experienced multiple...

We didn’t take a big family summer vacation this year. To be honest, I didn’t plan ahead of time and the end of the school year snuck up on me. I figured we could do mini staycations or summer...

I used to think that childhood cancer was rare - maybe one in a million children. I'll probably never even know someone with it. Right? That is exactly what I had thought before my son was diagnosed with Langerhans Cell...

  The kids are in bed. The dishes are done. Lunches are packed. It’s time to unwind with a good book… “If it were only this simple?” Isn’t that what you’re thinking? So how do we go from being innocent children, listening...

I love football season; the games are good and the snacks are great. I'm sharing my Top Five easy football snacks (in no particular order). Game On! Homemade Salsa My husband’s salsa is more of a pico de gallo, it is...

After this last year of tumult, what could possibly become the silver lining? If you live on the panhandle of Florida, we didn’t only weather the pandemic. We ‘survived’ Hurricane Sally. Not to mention, we are in the throes of...

As we celebrate twelve years post-op, it feels like we are so far removed from that day. But it was real. The fears were real, and the emotions were real.  I feel that it is essential to share our story...

Sometimes I walk out of a patient room and think to myself “I have no idea what I am doing.”  That’s right despite my 11 years of higher education, my 14 years of clinical medicine experience, countless awards, and...

Do you believe in fairytales? Every girl dreams of a fairytale love story. Walking down the street, slipping on a banana peel, and gracefully falling into "Prince Charming's" arms. In today's world, even though we may dream of a memorable...