Buying a home can seem like such a daunting and overwhelming endeavor. This is because mortgage financing and real estate lingo often sounds so foreign and the price tags of houses, given that a house is usually the most expensive purchase a person will make in his or her lifetime, can lead to legit sticker […]
We have all heard the idiom “the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence.” This refers to the way we tend to play up all the positive things we see about others and ignore any negative aspects of their lives. Concurrently, we downplay the positive things we have going on our […]
Time is precious because we are only given a finite amount of it to spend on Earth. Once time has been spent, you cannot get it back. A Time Waster is a person, place, event, habit, character trait or thing that consumes your time and energy but does not yield positive results for you. Some […]
When thinking about body fat, the adage “prevention is better than cure” for sure applies. This is because losing weight can be quite challenging for some of us whose bodies seem to be quite adept at storing fat. Indeed! I could probably gain weight during a famine. Studies that have looked at the human genome […]
As a “plus-size” woman, I wholeheartedly endorse and fully take part in body confidence movements. Body confidence should not solely be about recognizing one’s good looks; it should also be about appreciating this amazing machine we get to inhabit in this sojourn here on Earth. The Psalmist was right; we are, indeed, fearfully and wonderfully […]
If you are a woman and you wear US Size 12 shoes and above, you are definitely familiar with the heartache associated with the inability to find stylish shoes in your size—this is especially true for high-end/luxury shoe brands. As bad as things may seem now, the truth is that there are a lot more […]
Apart from being a wife, mother of two boys (one of whom is autistic), a sister, a daughter and a friend, I also work in two challenging fields of medicine—Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care, participate in Church programs and enjoy quite a few hobbies (fashion, travel, blogging, etc). It goes without saying that I […]
As a woman who is a mother to a beautiful autistic boy and who happens to also be a board-certified Pediatrician, Anesthesiologist, Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric Anesthesia Doc, I can confidently and unequivocally proclaim that vaccines DO NOT cause Autism. I feel compelled to shout this from a mountain top, but I will refrain […]
Autism is a neurobiological developmental disorder that typically appears before the age of 3 years. Autism affects the brain in the areas of social interaction, communication and cognitive function. In the United States 1 out of every 68 children is diagnosed with Autism and boys are four times more likely to have autism than girls. […]