Mary Poppins Is My New Role Model
She flew into town courtesy of an umbrella. She pulled an entire room’s worth of decorations and useful items from her carpet bag, and she danced with abandon on the...
Making Generosity the Focus of Your Holiday Season
Maybe you have, like me, heard a few of these words this holiday season: “Mom, I REAAAALLLLLY want this!” “Can I have a pen to circle everything I like in...
When There Is an Age Gap Between Babies
We recently made it Facebook official and announced that we are expecting our fourth baby boy in 2019. We are super excited and have been overwhelmed with all the support...
Research Participants Needed to Better Understand Autism
What is autism? Why do we keep hearing more about it and why don’t we know more? Today, about 1 in 59 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD),...
Below Me
I walk through the kitchen and step on a stray Cheerio. Into the dining room and my stockinged feet crunch up a half-eaten cracker. I strip my socks off and...
Must-Reads for Children’s Christmas Literature
by Amber Harder
Each morning in December, the kids and I gather in the living room after breakfast. We get the fire going and snuggle up together on the couch. I pick up...
How to Know When You’re Ready for Kids
by Liz Murray
Motherhood springs on us in different ways. For some, it’s a logical, analytical decision, thought out months or years in advance, perfectly timed and executed. For others, it’s a yearning...
December Kindness Countdown
by Ann Knuttila
We’re in the first week of December. No one can argue that the Christmas season is upon us. Do you and your kids have a countdown going? I feel like we...
Letting Go of the Perfect Christmas
At this time of year, there are two types of people: Those who are giddy about the holidays and the rest of us. I fall into the second group. In my...
Out of Reach
I recently attended a meeting where I was introduced as the owner of a local wine bar & bistro, a mom of three young girls and a freelance writer. Then...
Why Gratitude? Why Now?
If your family is anything like mine, the time of year between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve is filled with, “Pass the…” and “Can I have…” and “Oooh! Mama, I...
Dare Yourself
by Erin Statz
“Truth or Dare?” Do kids these days even play that game anymore or know what it is? Long before internet, tablets, phones or apps that was a game we...
When You’re Rocking Your Baby
If you are one of those mamas feeling fully touched-out, whose arm permanently and painfully locks into a 90 degree angle at the elbow, whose hips ache from the constant...