Yoga Gave Me Strength Off the Mat
{Photo credit: Nik Linde} Going through a 10-year battle with infertility made me realize how much my yoga practice gave me strength. During this time, I needed to be in...
The One Thing I’m Doing Differently This Thanksgiving
Last year we hosted 12 people for Thanksgiving. This year our guest total will be 14, all sleeping overnight in our house for several days. I’m not heavy breathing about...
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...
If You Give a Mom a Break
Inspired by the book, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,” by Laura Numeroff. Who needs a break? Well, we all do! What happens when you actually get that break?...
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....
2017 Minneapolis WinterSkate Guide
Winter is officially upon us and what better way to get out and enjoy it than to go ice skating? Wells Fargo Minneapolis WinterSkate returns to Loring Park again this...
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...
A Letter to My Daughter about Monsters
by Daci Platt
It was recently Halloween and you’re really into monsters right now. Mostly silly ones—fluffy pink things, with one big eye and furry claws. “A monster is coming,” you’ll tell me, eyes...