Allison Cooper

Being millennials, we seem to have a creative spirit and entrepreneurial drive to do things on our own. Whether it’s the people you're working with or the big ideas that are brewing in the back of your mind, if you are feeling the “start your own business itch,” then it’s time to scratch it — even if you only work on the weekends until you get things up and running. Believe it or not, there are some easy ways to start your own business and get things moving in the right direction for yourself.

I've noticed an evolution within myself over the past year: I’ve been avoiding leaving my house at all costs.

I got married young and had my first child young.

So you have made it all the way up to the end of the finish line? Congratulations!

Dear Elementary School,

Stretch marks. Tiger stripes. Road maps. Ant trails. Tattoos. Mommy stripes.

When I brought my son into the world, I thought that he would be an awful lot like me. He had to be, right? He grew inside me; I nourished him; I was the one home with him day in and day out during those very impressionable years, while my husband worked a grueling military schedule — yet there are few similarities to be found.

I remember very vividly those first days of feeding my son solids.

Luck.

Finding yourself doing extra loads of laundry because your toddler’s favorite T-shirt is dirty and you know there will be the mother of all meltdowns tomorrow if it’s not clean?