A Child’s Pace: Keeping Up while Slowing Down
What goes fast, but needs you to slow down? Yesterday I managed to get my children fed, dressed and out the door by 8:30am! This may not seem like a...
Me In the Margins
by Amber Harder
I’ve come across so many great articles recently about how important it is to take “me” time as a mom. Can I be honest? I don’t know how people do...
I Survived the Terrible Twos
by Kate Awsumb
[And all I got was this stupid threenager? No seriously – this is not the time to tell me how bad three is. There’ll be time for that later. Plenty...
When You Don’t Have a Christmas Tree
by Daci Platt
“What are you doing for Chanukah this year?” I kind of hate this question, if only because I never have a good answer. “Lighting some candles and being forced to...
Holiday Travel
There really is nothing better than the feeling the holidays bring. You know how the song goes, “all is calm, all is bright.” Yet, such calm usually goes out the...
10 Questionable Parenting Tips from a First-Time Mom
by Kate Kearns
I’m a first-time mom. Aside from some furry children, I only have one kid of my own. So while I often feel like more of a third-time mom (regularly finding...
Find Your Own Happiness During the Holidays
For almost 10 years, I would spend days leading up to Christmas by cooking. There was researching, planning, calling stores, shopping, and of course cooking. It started by reading an...
Awkward Family Photos: Loving the Imperfect
“Say cheese! Please stop moving for just a second. Now look here. Smile. No, give me a nice smile. That was too quick; I didn’t get it. Let’s try again....
What to Wear for the Holidays
The holiday season is here – and no matter what holiday you and your family celebrate – we all have ONE very important thing in common. Ready for it? You...
The Magic of Playdates
Playdates. Just the word can make you either cringe or cheer. Despite the chaos, I’m firmly in the camp of the latter. As a fairly social stay-at-home mom of three...
A Wonderful Mess
I am sitting in my living room looking around at 9:30pm. The coffee table is pushed into the middle of the room, there are baby socks in every corner, the...
Be Here Now
One of the things I enjoy most is being inspired by others and learning another way to connect with people in both my professional and personal pathways. I attended a...
Daddy Has Diabetes
When I first started dating my husband, he gravely said that he had something he needed to tell me. I prepared myself for a scene out of a comedy about...
The Best Thanksgiving
My favorite Thanksgiving stories are by far traditional. The year our oldest son was born, we decided to stay home for Thanksgiving. My late husband grilled steaks and we devoured...
