Miranda
My Four-Year-Old’s Mental Health Day
I hear footsteps on the stairs. It's earlier than expected for my son to be awake. I wait for an excited face to round...
Summer Is Slipping Through My Fingers
I can feel summer slipping through my fingers like the ice cream melting down my son's hand next to me. We're sitting on the...
The Bento Box- Saving My Lunch Packing Sanity
I know I don't have the only child who doesn't eat. I know it's a phase, part of growing up, that he's healthy and...
Unpopular Opinion: I Go to Bed Angry
“Never go to bed angry,” the old saying goes. I glare at my husband over the top of my laptop. I've just settled in...
Spending 1000 Hours Outside
Have you seen the 1000 Hours Outside initiative? I came across it a few years ago and have followed along, but have never participated....
I Can’t Keep up with Today’s Beauty Standards
I’ve never been incredibly interested in keeping up with society’s beauty standards. It all seemed to go over my head in junior high and...
I Can’t Do It All- How I Told My Husband I Needed Help
It’s never the big things that push us over the edge. Why is that? It’s always the smallest, most trivial thing- socks next to...
Joining the Dating Scene Again? Making Adult Friends
I’ve decided that making new friends as a parent at age 30 is a lot like dating. My husband and I were together before...
My Love/Hate Relationship with Age Three
Three-year-olds are kind of the worst. I realize I’m speaking out of frustration. I know that three-year-olds are experiencing lots of life changes all...
The Music is Back! Family Friendly Live Music Roundup
Outdoor music season is here! I don't know about you, but live music is one of the things I missed most about 2020, the...
Warrior Women
We are warriors.
We are women.
We are moving forward every day wiping tears and noses, making lunches, delegating, and mediating. We are endlessly feeding our...
Afraid I’ll Forget- The Fleeting Baby Years
I’m terrified I’ll forget everything.
I stare at the video. A 10-month-old clings to his mother’s leg. Every step she takes leaves the baby in...
Indianapolis Staycation- Bottleworks District
Work from home and e-Learning driving you crazy this year? Do you have less than 24 hours to escape the madness? I've got the...
Mom’s Day Off- An Entire Day to Myself
Nobody knows where I am. I did let my husband vaguely know that I'm taking the day to myself, but otherwise, my family thinks...