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...
When Your Toddler Isn’t Walking
by Liz Murray
Walking. It’s perhaps the biggest milestone in your toddler’s young life. Countless movies, TV shows and commercials depict those first wobbly steps as one of parenthood’s greatest joys. Becoming a...
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...
A Place Setting for a Traveling Toddler Thanksgiving
You climb into your vehicle. The kids are strapped in and you are praying that they sleep for at least half of your four-hour journey. As you back out of...
The Thankful Therapy Mom
by Erin Statz
I’m Erin, a proud therapy mom. Therapy has become a very important part of our lives. I never knew therapy existed for children, but when my son with born with...
Christmas Jams… Before Thanksgiving
by Meghan Yancy
Are you THAT person? The ridiculously annoying Christmasy-spirit person that listens to Christmas music BEFORE Thanksgiving? The blasphemy! The outrage! I mean, who does that? I was that person. Almost...
It’s An Ordinary Life
by Laura Senske
Is it okay to be ordinary? This question has been bumping around in my mind a lot lately. Consider this question: If you ask your kids at the end of...
Financing My Future Game-Changer
For about two years, my husband and I have employed a steady, reliable option in our college savings plans for our kids. It’s called the Money On The Desk Plan....
Our Family Will Never Use Blended Family Labels
by Maureen Zhao
“You are such a good stepdad!” an innocent lady on Facebook typed under a picture of my husband and our son. Wait, a good what? Who is she talking about?...
Studying the Brain Isn’t Just for the Science Department
Prefrontal cortex. Amygdalae. Neuroplasticity. Limbic system. Anyone else having visions (or maybe nightmares!) of their high school biology class and the unit on the brain? [Insert raised hand] For many...
My (Un)balanced Life
I’ve tried yoga a few times. I am not very good at it. The whole balance thing does not at all come natural. My sister and I were nearly kicked...
What Are My Words Doing?
by Amber Harder
Words have power. What we say can help or hurt, sometimes for far longer than we intend. Even though it was years ago now, I vividly remember the day that...
Letting Go of Perfection
by Cari Dugan
Every Friday it was the same. Take the kids to school. Rush home to do all the things I didn’t get to finish during the week; laundry, clean bathrooms, scrub...
Some Truths About Midlife and a Big Fat Lie
{Photo credit: Melissa Soto Photography} If I thought my twenties went by fast, I was woefully unprepared for the warp speed at which my thirties would go by. I attribute...
