When my youngest son Ronin was born almost three years ago, we were thrilled to be adding a third boy to our crew! Our 20-week ultrasound came back clear and...
For children and their families, the Flint Hills International Children’s Festival presented by Ordway is a multi-day experience where wonder and imagination wait around every corner. Children will be swept...
This is what I have decided after spending several years knee deep in the child welfare crisis: It’s easier not to know. I don’t want to know that 3500 kids...
An ordinary 6th grade sleepover turned into a defining moment in my life. I grew up in southwestern Minnesota on a crop farm about 13 miles from the nearest town. On...
I had the privilege of sitting down with our local Children’s Librarian, Miss Margaret, to learn how libraries can help kids and families. I thought I was pretty library-savvy before,...
I’m somewhere in the midst of six-ish weeks of parenting while my partner is out of the country for work. My kids are young, one is in child care and...
This year our family New Year’s Resolution was to become more civic minded and focus on service in our community. Admittedly, two weeks later, we are off to a slow...
She used to wake up barking. My daughter, that is. I’d hear her start in after her morning nap, woofing and yapping from her crib as she mimicked the two...
I have been a part of “mom culture” for about two years – and that’s two years enough to realize that mom culture can be competitive. Mom culture can be...
We are right in the middle of the holiday season. The season is likely filled with holiday movies, baking cookies, figuring out where to move your mischievous Elf, trips to...
