A Letter to My Mom
Hey Mom, You became a mother a day shy of 35 years ago. You became a grandmother nearly five years ago. You are reliably great in both roles. Your grandkids are...
Let the Hard Stuff Be Hard
by Amber Harder
{Photo credit: JohnD_22 via Visualhunt.com} I am in the final week of my pregnancy with our third child, and I gotta say, this hasn’t been the easiest season. I’m definitely...
5 Tips to Start Writing about Motherhood in 2017
by Daci Platt
Someone once told me the days are long, but the years are short. By someone, I mean literally every mother I’ve ever met. My daughter turns two next month, and I’m...
How I Turned Irritation into Gratitude
by Tammie
She used to wake up barking. My daughter, that is. I’d hear her start in after her morning nap, woofing and yapping from her crib as she mimicked the two...
The 30-Minute Spa
by Kim
Something magical happened to me the other day. I was transported to a high class spa and treated like a queen! I soaked in a tub with the most soothing...
Why I Created a Vision Board
by Monica Hoss
2016 was a hard year for me. Going from one to two kids wasn’t easy. Neither of our kids were sleeping well, our first born was challenging us to the...
To My Greyson, My Promise to You…
Dear Greyson, My sweet, sweet happy boy. Oh how I love you, and I want to keep life simple and pure for you forever. As I watch you begin life’s...
Speak Up and Build Up
I have been a part of “mom culture” for about two years – and that’s two years enough to realize that mom culture can be competitive. Mom culture can be...
5 Tips to Prevent Problems When Hosting Overnight Guests
Recently, we had a total of 12 people in our house overnight for multiple holiday celebrations. We moved to a new house this year and finally had the room to...
New Year’s Resolutions for Moms
by Kate Awsumb
Yeah, yeah, yeah – we want more sleep and more patience and five fewer pounds and to want to want cucumber water instead of Caribou. But here at Twin Cities...
My Only Resolution: Being Intentional
Oh, 2016. So many of us are ready to see you go. While there are always good things {and I truly believe that: that within the hard stuff, there are...
15 Things Only Northern Moms Know About Winter
Right before my second daughter was born, my best friend moved to Arizona, and in the past few years, I’ve had the joy of connecting with a lot of moms...
Mom Friends In All Seasons
by Cari Dugan
About four years ago, I joined a gym for one purpose: to get healthy again. I had let my health slide after three children, and it was beginning to affect...
What I Learned About Mommy Wars by Running a 5K
by Kim
Technically it was a 6K. And while that doesn’t matter in the purpose of this post, it certainly matters if you’re running and not a “runner.” That extra half mile-ish feels...
