Recently I came upon an article about the high cost of raising children. I am a mom of four. I know a little about the costs of raising these tiny ones. But if I truly knew how much children would cost us before we had them, I might have just gotten a dog. Scrap that. Dogs are expensive too. I'd get a plant. A cheap, replaceable plant.

I'll admit it; I've always just assumed Women's Day is just about celebrating all that is woman. That's why we call August "Women's Month" and why every single brand is pushing the fact that you should be spoiled, to "do it for all womenkind" and the #girlpower theme that goes with the whole month.

Someone asked me this weekend what I imagined my life being like 10 or 20 years ago. And she continued, saying "Your life today is probably nothing like you thought it would be like, right?" Without really thinking about it too much, I agreed.