Actively Pausing in Motherhood
For the first time since college, my life is governed by the academic calendar. My daily schedule and annual trips are now dictated by the school. This is my new...
10 Things I Hope My Child Knows About Beauty
“You. Are. Beautiful.” We say it over and over to our children from the day they are born, but what do we mean? The meaning seems to change over a...
Large Family Secrets
by Joy Ballard
Large families are fascinating. We watch them on TV, we read their blogs, we might even gossip about them a little, and we all wonder: how do they do it?...
A House Divided: How Football Brings Our Family Together
In high school, the football games were my favorite part of our small-town school community. Everyone seemed to gather there, around the track, pep band playing, cheerleaders yelling and all...
Definitely Wear Elbow Pads
Recently, I found myself flying down a hill on a skateboard at Boom Island Park, only slightly on this side of being under control. And for those of you who...
Click + Create + Document!
I didn’t have a phone until I was a senior in college. When I finally got one, it was the kind that slid apart to reveal a tiny keyboard, and...
What Will I Do?
by Amy Workman
What will I do when I don’t know everything about you? What will I do when I don’t know how many freckles you have and in which order you got...
Raising Kids with Our Traditions but in a Different Culture
{Photo credit: Jennifer Burks Photography} As parents, we yearn to pass on our culture and traditions to our children as part of parenting. I didn’t realize this until I faced...
Turn the Page
by Katie Clark
How many times have you read the same children’s book again and again and again? How often do you stop and actually listen to the words, the message, and the...
The Myth of Motherhood
When expecting your first child, you often have an idea in your head of the type of mother you want to be. You daydream about how you will speak to...
Working Mom Shame
{Photo Credit: Chelsie Lopez} I was at a conference recently where we were round-tabling and asking one another what we need from each other. … a caterer, a virtual assistant,...
Our Baby Got Kicked Out of Daycare
by Maureen Zhao
There are a few stories I really don’t like to retell. One of them is that time I got Norovirus one hour into a 13 hour flight from China. The...
Like a Boss: The Mom Resume
Being a mom a tough job. In addition to cooking, cleaning and day-to-day family care, it requires expertise in childhood development, nutrition, conflict resolution and so much more. The job...
A Flexible Job That Is Meaningful and Fun!
Come join our team as a Direct Support Professional! We want to be your second job. Yep. Not your first job, go do that somewhere else. We want to be...