Farewell, Nap Time
My youngest turned three earlier this year. He’s made it very clear he’s done with naps. Really, he started dropping his nap long before I was ready to admit it. Far...
Check On Her
We all saw it, but none of us were sure what to do about it. We could see the signs: pulling away, increasingly erratic behavior, paranoia. But we didn’t know...
But I Want to Keep Them Safe
by Maureen Zhao
The other night our oldest fell off his bike. It wasn’t the usual fall that just requires giant knee bandages and some Neosporin. It was the kind of fall that...
Why I Don’t Stress About Getting the Perfect Family Picture
Fall is officially here! That means sweaters, pumpkin spice everything, lots of raking, and of course, family pictures. I mean who doesn’t want to dress their family up in coordinating...
Will This Phase Ever End?
In full disclosure, I wrote this post 4 months ago. But wasn’t quite ready to post it. Probably because I think it was too raw for me at the time....
Finding Joy in the Little Things
by Janna Murphy
To say life is easy would be a lie. Boy does it come with it’s ups and downs. Some days you feel like you’ve got this and other days you...
On Fall Leaves, Baby Hairs, and Relief
{Photo credit: Valeriia Miller of Pexels.com} I cried the first time I saw a fall leaf. It was the beginning of September, only two months into calling Minnesota home. Our...
10 Things I Hope My Child Knows About Beauty
“You. Are. Beautiful.” We say it over and over to our children from the day they are born, but what do we mean? The meaning seems to change over a...
Large Family Secrets
by Joy Ballard
Large families are fascinating. We watch them on TV, we read their blogs, we might even gossip about them a little, and we all wonder: how do they do it?...
My Truth as a Single Parent
I imagined parenting to be difficult and exhausting yet rewarding. I imagined sharing my children’s milestones as well as parenting milestones with my partner. I pictured us watching our baby...
Definitely Wear Elbow Pads
Recently, I found myself flying down a hill on a skateboard at Boom Island Park, only slightly on this side of being under control. And for those of you who...
Click + Create + Document!
I didn’t have a phone until I was a senior in college. When I finally got one, it was the kind that slid apart to reveal a tiny keyboard, and...
What Will I Do?
by Amy Workman
What will I do when I don’t know everything about you? What will I do when I don’t know how many freckles you have and in which order you got...
