I’m a mother to an angel baby. Ever since I lost my daughter Audrina, I know firsthand what it’s like to have half your heart on earth and the other...

As many parents know, it is hard to juggle the responsibilities of being a full-time parent and a full-time employee. At New Horizon Academy, we dedicate ourselves to making you...

Kuumba. Kujichagulia. Mkeka. Kinara. “Habari Gani?” These are all terms I recall teaching my students during my years as a classroom teacher as we explored holidays and cultural traditions around...

My own childhood summers feel like a string of events, peppered by a sort of sparkling magic that only Minnesota can provide. For me, and like other kids, my world...

I don’t know when this phenomenon started, but I’m sure you’ve heard it – other women with kids referring to each other as “Mama.” I feel like this term has...

It is the middle of winter. 6:30 am. My phone alarm plays a Coldplay song into my foggy dreams.  Snooze.  I toss instead of sleep, as my waking consciousness recalls...

Are either of you home? I want to drop some things off for work! Her text dings around 5:30 p.m., a group text to me and my husband. I was...

One of my daughters is very much like me, both the good and my (perceived) not so good characteristics.  She’s apprehensive about change, a worrier, a little too serious sometimes,...

Short answer: the truth. Long answer: the truth. (Really, that is a long answer!) The reality is that we are parenting in a time when politics are more polarizing than...

As a young woman in India, my life was going as planned. I graduated from university, I got a job… and I did not worry about what I would do...

My 4 year old son is my Sunshine Baby. For those of you who don’t know what a “sunshine baby” is, it’s a baby you have before experiencing the loss...