life lessons – Mom on the go in Holy Toledo

Ten Tips for Raising a Teenager

November 20, 2025momonthegoinholytoledo

By a Mom Who Blinked and Somehow Ended Up With a 20-Year-Old

Another Failed Relationship

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025momonthegoinholytoledo

Let’s just get this out of the way, I’ve had my fair share of heartbreak.

The Breakup I Didn’t See Coming…

November 5, 2025momonthegoinholytoledo

As women, there are a few relationships that define us. There’s the one with your partner or spouse, the one you nurture with your kids, and of course, that sacred, soul-level bond with your hairdresser.

5 Essential Lessons That You Should Teach Your Kids

September 26, 2025momonthegoinholytoledo

As moms, we wear many hats, but one of our most important roles is being a teacher to our children. As we guide the next generation, we must shape them into capable, kind, and well-rounded adults. Here are five essential lessons that you should teach your kids to give them a strong foundation for a happy and successful life.

7 Teens/tweens, 2 Adults, 1 Island, No Ferries…our first camping experience!

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024momonthegoinholytoledo

I never understood it, shoot, if I’m being honest, I thought they were all crazy. What kind of a person volunteers to leave their climate-controlled home with a private bathroom, a fully stocked fridge, freezer, wifi, and all the modern-day accommodations they work so hard to provide their family and go live in the great outdoors for a week? To me that sounded like pure nonsense, borderline insanity. Vacations should require less work, not more. Why pack towels, air mattresses, sheets, pots, pans, coolers, etc.? Why not save yourself time, energy, and bug bites and just stay home? After an impromptu extended stay on an island with 7 tweens/teens, one brutal storm, dirty underwear, greasy hair, and legs you could play connect-the-bug bites on I think I finally get it. I drank the Kool-Aid. What’s even more shocking, is I miss it, there, I said it. But I’m getting ahead of myself, let me start from the beginning.

What’s the worst that can happen?

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022momonthegoinholytoledo

What’s the worst that can happen? It was the summer of 1995, I was 15 and we were on a family whitewater rafting adventure. It should be noted that at the time I was not the adventurous type. I preferred to play it safe. My goal was to sit in the back of the raft and give the illusion of me “grabbing the rapids”, as the guide so eloquently put it. That is until I somehow found myself in the front of the raft. Yep, that’s right, me, Miss play-it-safe who wanted nothing to do with this boat ride was suddenly seated front row of the rapids. Meanwhile, the rest of my family seemed cozy taking the side and rear seats of the raft. As the distance between the raft and land increased the sweat began to bead on my brows, my hands started to tingle, my heart was leaping outside my chest, and my best defense mechanism was to just play possum. I sat there oar in hand, dumbfounded, thinking, what’s the worst that could happen? And then I envisioned the worst. I could fall out of the raft. I could hit my head on a rock. I could break a bone, or you know, die! To say I wasn’t prepared for what happened next is an understatement.

Buy the Damn Magazine

May 4, 2021momonthegoinholytoledo

As the plane is going down one passenger turns to the other and declares, “ I should have had that pizza”. I’m sure we’ve all heard that story or something similar. The main purpose being, to bring to mind that contemplative thought, do we make a decision based on the moment or plan for the future. After all, no one is promised tomorrow, and yet, we all know those rare individuals that despite unhealthy lifestyles manage to live well into their 80s or 90s. I found myself deep in that contemplative state the other day at our local Kroger, aisle 16 to be exact, the magazine aisle…do I buy the magazine? While for some this might seem like a simple decision, but if you’re anything like me it’s much more complicated. Why? Because I don’t see that magazine for what it is, the prospect of a future break to relax and read, no, I see it as a monetary value, what else could I purchase for the same price for someone else? Am I being selfish by thinking of myself, by wasting that money on me? What could my children or husband use or need that is the equivalent price of that magazine? How does one even begin to try and rationalize such a dilemma? In order to make the best well-informed decision we must reflect on the culmination of life experiences, other’s and our own, what we have witnessed over time, what we have learned from other’s mistakes, lifestyles, etc.