The Story of the Death of My Old Life
The lady with the cards didn’t look like what I pictured a tarot card reader to look like but, perhaps, it was her middle-aged, motherly look that put me at...
Feel Better, Do Better: A Health and Wellness Pep-Talk for Moms {Part 4}
In this installment of my series, I want to talk about something that’s on the minds of most of the moms I talk to on a daily basis: weight loss....
If You Give Your Child a Banana
If you give your child a banana, chances are that someday soon they will ask for another. If your child is preferential to consistency, like mine, their daily banana will...
On Diversity: More Than Meets the Eye
by Erin Statz
My little family is racially diverse, and it starts with me. I’ve had people talk about my race since I was a child, but it’s always been a guessing game. ...
Ethical Consumerism & Products for Our Homes
by Laura Senske
I love getting great deals when I’m shopping. I once took my husband garage sale shopping and found the cutest, brand name jean jacket for my toddler for pennies. I...
6 Keys To Hating Winter Less
Winter. It’s what this great state of Minnesota is famous for—the long, cold, snowy, stay-in-your-house-kind-of-frigid days of winter. When my daughter was about 3.5 years old, she walked out into...
A Child’s Pace: Keeping Up while Slowing Down
What goes fast, but needs you to slow down? Yesterday I managed to get my children fed, dressed and out the door by 8:30am! This may not seem like a...
First Trimester Isolation
by Maureen Zhao
One of the most beautiful times of many women’s lives has turned out to be the most isolating time in mine. The first trimester of pregnancy. Pregnancy is supposed to...
Me In the Margins
by Amber Harder
I’ve come across so many great articles recently about how important it is to take “me” time as a mom. Can I be honest? I don’t know how people do...
I’m Okay with Not Being First
by Cari Dugan
My husband and I have four sweet children. We adopted our youngest, domestically, 18 months ago. She is the light of our home, we all are enamored with her sweet...
2018: The Year of Dumb Goals
{Photo credit: Haley Powers} Welcome to 2018! It’s a new year, and with it comes new goals and ambitions. While New Year’s resolutions are a bit cliché, I like them because...
Postpartum Hair Loss & Bed Sweats
What in the… You guys. This is no joke. There are so many things. So many things you get told about what to expect for your postpartum recovery. The depression,...
Feel Better, Do Better: A Health and Wellness Pep-Talk for Moms {Part 3}
Real talk, ya’ll. As moms, we all know that after giving birth to our children, certain parts of our bodies are just never the same. Let’s get it out there that...