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The 2020-2021 School Year: A Letter to Parents From Teachers
Seriously, a school year for the history books. From a parent’s perspective of sending their young child into a building with 700+ other people...
How Motherhood Has Changed Over the Generations
Generations and generations of mothers come and go, but do we spend enough time learning from those moms before us who have paved the...
Earth Day: Creating Something Out of Nothing
It’s Earth Day! Instead of going out and spending more money on toys, games, and activities for your kids, why not save your money...
Take a Virtual Vacation This Spring or Summer
A vacation this spring or summer sounds pretty amazing, doesn’t it? Before you open up another tab to start searching beach Airbnbs, let me...
Building an Emergency Quarantine Play Box
Oh cool. Another day inside because these Midwest winters are the worst. We have been inside now for what seems like 42 days straight....
Incorporating Purposeful Kindness and Positivity into the New Year
The small moments. That’s what many of us remember when thinking about childhood memories, weddings, childbirth, or even a funeral. We think of small...
Dear Mommy, Please Put Down Your Phone
Dear Mommy,
Please put down your phone. I miss you. You are sitting right next to me on the couch right now, but I miss...
I Model Bad Behavior in Front of My Kids
It’s true. I model bad behavior in front of my kids. And before you choose to start judging me, I have my reasons, so...
33: The Year of Me
I remember when 33 sounded “so old” when I assumed people were just boring old married couples with lots of kids running around. Little...
How Giving My Toddler Choices Eliminated Meltdowns
Terrible Twos. Threenager. Fournado. There is a reason people use these terms about their 2-4 year olds; raising a toddler isn’t easy. After many...
The Key to Road Trip Survival with Kids
Let me throw out some numbers from our last family road trip to see if you think my husband and I survived.
1 three-month-old
1 ...
Meet Our Indianapolis Moms: Sarah Becker
Hi, Indy Moms! I’m Sarah, and I have been loving my experience of writing for Indianapolis Moms for the last two years. Growing up...
Tidying Up: Our Family’s 10-Minute Rule
Are you finished with your spring cleaning? Yeah, me neither. Dishes are piling up. Dust is accumulating around picture frames on shelves. The playroom is overfilling...
The Shock of Being Diagnosed With Gestational Diabetes
I was sitting there 26 weeks pregnant, still in shock, as I left the dietitian's office and the words kept ringing in my head...