7 Summer Traditions to Start With Your Family
Summer is in full swing, which means longer days, warmer weather, and a great opportunity to create lifelong memories with your family. Try these fun, easy activities with your children...
Head and Heart on the Parent Pillow
One of my daughters has in her room a small pillow she calls the Parent Pillow. It’s an ordinary rectangular decorative ruffled pillow with pink and purple flowers that used...
The Joy Comes from Using It
by Amber Harder
I am currently pregnant with our 4th child, and this pregnancy has been tough. With it comes not only new thoughts and emotions surrounding what it will mean to raise...
The Hard Side of Making Mom Friends
I wouldn’t call myself an introvert. I am just a girl who always has that fear of taking the first step. Getting along with a group was really hard for...
Summer Braces Benefits
Whether your kids are enjoying splashing in the pool, athletics, or summer camps, we all know summer brings the biggest smiles! Summer is a great time to visit an orthodontist...
The Reason I Over-Scheduled Our Family’s Summer
by Maureen Zhao
For me, childhood summers were carefree. They were run wild in the neighborhood, stay out till the dinner-bell rang kind of carefree. They were filled with all the neighbor kids...
Summer Fun with Marcus Theatres!
One of my favorite things as a child was hopping into the car on a summer day when my mom said that she had a surprise! We jumped in the...
The Red Phone: An Adoption Birth Story (Part II)
The last biological son I gave birth to was 9lbs 10oz so when the nurse told us we were being discharged the day after we met our daughter (who weighed...
Sunburn Hurts and Skin Cancer Stinks
by Amber Soler
I was 26 when I first found out that I had melanoma. My dermatologist called me with biopsy results and I instantly knew it wasn’t good news. A few days...
Summer Ready: Car Edition
by Erin Statz
It’s summertime! Your kids are out of school and if your mom life is anything like mine it’s extremely busy. I have two elementary school aged kiddos and a recent...
Raising Financially Wise Kids
by Joy Ballard
It usually happens at the grocery store while I’m literally herding all four of my children and trying to make it out alive. A sweet grandmother-type will approach me, and...
Not a Summer Bucket List
I’m a One on the Enneagram and an ESFJ always and forever according to Myers-Briggs. I’m your typical straight-A, type-A firstborn child with a penchant for meal plans and lists....
Keep, Donate or Sell? Organizing Made Simple
My Home, My Office When I became a stay at home mom five years ago, my home became my office. Every year with little boys meant more outgrown gear, clothes...
Second Evening: Party Like It’s Bedtime
A few years ago, my husband, kids and I were at my sister’s home for a wild Friday night family date. And while we were having fun, it had not...