When the Holidays Are “Happy-Sad”
Many families will grieve a loss this holiday season. A divorce, miscarriage, a loved one’s decline in health or their death. Maybe it is the loss of a job or...
Things I Know in the Night
by Kate Awsumb
When your sister was small, I dreaded the night. It was dark, lonely, unknown. Despite loving her fiercely with every fiber of my being, I’d bounce and jiggle and pace...
Timeless Memories Made on Family Movie Night
by Erin Statz
A night out at the movies has been a well-loved family pastime and tradition I have enjoyed since I was a child. The movie-going experience has come a long way...
The Magical 3-Second Pause
by Amber Harder
I like being efficient and checking things off lists. Sometimes my children hinder my efficiency with their unpredictable needs and unexpected bickering. Oh, children. When I’m working hard to accomplish...
Giving Back: What Matters to You
Volunteering happens in so many different ways. You can raise your hand at work to lead planning an event or activity for your team or go into your child’s school...
Decision Overload
by Liz Murray
Making decisions has never been my forte. Ask me what my favorite color is, and I’ll probably waffle my way through the entire rainbow without ever arriving at a definitive...
Morning, Again
It’s morning. Again. I’m thirty-one years old and it really shouldn’t surprise me that it comes every day but here we are. Dark bedroom. Warm bed. Children who serve as...
This Wasn’t What I Had Planned
I’m a control freak. I always have been. I was the kid that delegated my friends their proper roles when we played “house”. I remember losing my paper planner in...
Maybe I Just Need to Make the Table Longer
It is a typical Monday evening and already I am mentally counting down the minutes to bedtime. I’m feeling overwhelmed. Is that an overused word? In my exhausted mom of...
Parenting After the Death of Your Parent
by Dawn Lenio
It was around 6:00pm on a Thursday night in mid-August when my Mom called and said it was time to come home to Wisconsin to say goodbye to my Dad....
The Morning Game Changer
Like many moms, the morning routine has always been my gig. For the first three years of parenthood, I was solely a stay at home mom to one late riser....
Making Tough Decisions About Remaining IVF Embryos
Having a baby did not come easy for me and my husband. We spent years in and out of procedures that all had the small promise of parenthood one day. ...
Finding Joy in Waiting
I sigh as I stare down at my growing belly. I am one day shy of being full-term but potentially have three weeks (or more) to go before I meet...
