Melissa Thompson

“Comparison is the thief of joy.” It is a tagline or something we hear. It is a phrase we share…

Grace chose binoculars as her treat at the zoo gift shop. She placed them around her neck, her brown eyes…

I had tried for years to get my beloved Mom to move closer with no such luck, but finally after…

My empath of a son told me someone made fun of him because he missed a shot while playing basketball…

Are you doing something someone said you’d be good at? I started my beauty business with good intentions: to instill…

I spend so much time checking if my Facebook posts are liked… by the time I look up from my…

Grace is learning how to eat. She likes to squish it in her hands while smiling, grab the spoon with…

I have noticed this pattern lately. Maybe it’s been there all along. I get excited about something and then it…

Dear Moms: Don’t be fooled by staged photos with perfectly makeup-ed faces, freshly straightened hair, forever smiling children, and fancy…

Today I got called a hypochondriac for the first time. She called me such a name because I revealed to…

Most that know me well already know this about me. They discovered before I did. Ya know that thing that…

It never fails, Facebook & Instagram ads bombard me on a daily basis. Recently, I’ve discovered these: cellulite reliever wands,…

Have you ever seen a mallard duck, up close and personal? Have you watched their mannerisms? This a.m. on my…

1. I can do anything I set my mind to. I can do hard things. 2. Losing 18 pounds took…

It was the perfect teaching scenario. The kids all sat on the carpet as I held up a book about…

Once, I was talking to Brian & I was having a hard day with the kids & he asked something…

Hope woke up at 6 a.m. We did her math number bond homework using colored glittery beads to count with.…

I’ve always told my kids this:  if I can’t see you, you can’t see me.  When we take our kids…

I remember chatting with a family member about wanting to have children with Brian. I remember her saying, “Are you…

I laid next to James, as I do every single night, & he placed his Paw Patrol bedspread over my…

I went paddle boarding for the first time, yesterday. I had this picturesque vision in my head that the gals,…

It was one of those days that I’d done the very thing I told myself I wouldn’t. I took a…

I used to weigh myself every single Wednesday! I set a reminder in my phone to do so and next…

This morning was one of those mornings. You know the kind where no matter what you do, it’s wrong. &…

I was backing out, yesterday afternoon, with James in tow. I remembered to check my rear view mirror. I saw…

I preach to always be transparent, to be frank, to keep it real, and to be vulnerable. I haven’t been keeping…

I was 6. Our 1st grade class was in the library. My brunette, small framed teacher, Mrs. Reese, stood on…

Everyone matters: The stay at home mom, the social worker, the homeless man, the poor communicator, the gal that tries…

I remember the day my mom was admitted to a mental institution. I was at school. A police car came…

Hope & I chatted as we made our way to school. Hope brought up Brandon, a cute student in her class…

“Why did Santa get hit by a car, mama?” He was thinking of the movie “Santa Paws.” He was referring…

I like dropping James off at preschool, first, before heading to Hope’s School. I get special time with Hope that…

My family is riddled with mental illness. I remember a beloved member of my family asking me if I was…

What you seek is what you will find With all that is going on with the world, today, I’ve been…

My biggest challenge was getting my kids to school on time. I failed, Hope received her first tardy slip &…