Here you’ll find:
• Personal care product recs that I’ve tried and love
• Health and wellness tips to help us look and feel our best
• Cozy home and lifestyle inspiration
• A dose of humor and sass (because, well… teenagers)

I was lucky to have reunited with some college friends recently. We spent half the night laughing about the ridiculous things we did, grateful there were no cell phones to capture the evidence and wondering how we are still alive.

We talked about navigating a teenager’s side eye and sass, bracing for when they leave the nest for college, while at the same time our parents are aging and need more from us.

Welcome to “Surviving the Messy Middle”. The stage of life where we feel 22 but if we sneeze too hard, we will throw out our backs and we keep losing our damn keys.

This is when we need our girlfriends most—to vent, swap advice, and laugh until wine comes out of our noses. But let’s be honest: it takes three weeks, six calendar invites, and a blood oath just to line up a coffee date.

And that’s why I started this blog—because if we can’t always find the time to sit across from each other with coffee (or wine), we can at least connect here.

I’m Nancy—wife, mom, former nurse, and founder of “Surviving the Messy Middle’’ blog. Think of it like that long-overdue coffee date with your best friend, the one you never see often enough, who gives hot tips like the best eye cream, so we don’t look so tired and where she found her dress with pockets.

Here you’ll find:
• Personal care product recs that I’ve tried and love
• Health and wellness tips to help us look and feel our best
• Cozy home and lifestyle inspiration
• A dose of humor and sass (because, well… teenagers)

This is your go-to spot for real-life survival tips in the season of raising teens, caring for aging parents, and still trying to feel (and look) like yourself.