Ectopic Pregnancy: What You Should Know
When you’re hoping to add to your family, that little plus sign on the pregnancy test is a cause for celebration. However, sometimes an egg implants itself outside the uterus....
Why Do We Call Each Other “Mama”?
by Amber Harder
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...
Unexpectedly Working from Home… with Your Kids
During the current climate of this global pandemic, many of us find ourselves anxious, scared, angry or sad. And that’s okay. Here at TCMC we want to walk along beside...
Making Your Time At Home Productive
During the current climate of this global pandemic, many of us find ourselves anxious, scared, angry or sad. And that’s okay. Here at TCMC we want to walk along beside...
50 Activities You Can Do At Home With Your Kids
Stuck at home due to weather? Maybe your monthly budget doesn’t allow for a trip to the zoo. No matter the reason, there is always plenty of fun to be...
A New Season at Stages Theatre Company
Stages Theatre Company is thrilled to announce its 2020-2021 season, featuring a diverse blend of plays and musicals focusing on friendships, adventures, and discoveries. The Discover the Journey season’s nine-show lineup...
Homeschool Mom Life: A Snapshot
by Joy Ballard
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...
We All Have a Part to Play in this Village
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...
Sisters Who Sparkle and Shine
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,...
Nursing in the Shadow of My Grandmothers
The pictures that come to mind when I am caring for my daughter Cilla during the still, unhurried moments of our day are the images of my own mother, my...
Kids & Politics: What To Tell Them
by Amber Soler
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...
New Mom, New Country: My Journey
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...
Reading Tips for Busy Families
Research tells us it is never too early to start reading to children. From the day they are born, infants, toddlers, and preschoolers develop language skills and pre-literacy skills every...
Having a Baby After Loss: Not All Sunshine & Rainbows
by Trista Rakow
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...