Summer Writing Classes With The Loft
Our biggest summer goals at the Loft are to help kids discover the power of storytelling and to inspire a love of writing and reading in them! It is a...
Music Forever and For Everyone
by Erin Statz
We all have one thing we can agree on: music is awesome! It really is one of the only universal languages on this earth. A melody can be linked to...
Tips for Gardening with Kids
My husband and I have always loved gardening. But it wasn’t until last year when we built our big, fenced, raised-row garden that we really got into it. Our garden...
Orthodontic Treatment – Separating Fact From Fiction
If your children are anything like mine, they didn’t come into the world with a manual. As parents, my husband and I have had to figure things out on our...
My Out of Hospital Birth Center Experience
Priscilla Anne, my beautiful daughter, was born this past August at Roots Community Birth Center in North Minneapolis. My birth story actually starts a few years before my daughter was...
Two Countries and Two Different Births
It was a summer night and we were watching The Incredibles at the park. I got up to go to the restroom and realized my stomach was being pulled down,...
A Textbook Labor and Delivery – Until it Wasn’t
by Sarah Lodien
It was a Sunday morning around 5:00 am; I woke up needing to go to the bathroom so badly. As soon as I was done, while walking back to the...
The “Only-Runs-On-The-Playground” Lady
by Maureen Zhao
There are only two times you will find me running- if I am being chased, or if I am chasing someone. Both usually occur on a playground with my children...
All’s Well That Ends Well: A Birth Story
Birth stories are amazing and horrifying all at the same time. I have a love-hate relationship with them. Hearing people’s stories almost always make me terrified to have another baby....
19 Minutes to Spare: A Speedy Second Birth Story
by Kate Awsumb
Alternate title: My Body is a Machine Alternate-alternate title: A Long Story About A Short Birth Summary (spoiler alert): I only know one way to have a baby — quickly,...
Coping with Mother’s Day While Mourning Infertility
Can I be honest with you? I know we don’t know each other well, yet, but I have a confession. Working in the world of trauma has taught me many...
Superwoman Strong on Mother’s Day
by Amber Soler
I’m a single mom. I’ve made that statement countless times in the past 7 years and the reactions are all over the board. I’ve gotten used to the spectrum of...
The Red Phone: An Adoption Birth Story
This time of year I find rhythm with the rain; it splatters against the overflow pond in my backyard and I feel the beat of my heart, the memories flooding...