“Mrs. Demmings! Mrs. Demmings! I saw you walking to work today.” I nodded in agreement, knowing full well only he saw me walking from...
I sat in the Great Clips chair with a cape loosely covering my sweatshirt, my 16-month-old son on my lap, screaming. He wanted nothing...
Its a moment that every parent is familiar with, the kids are playing rough, and then one begins to wail in pain while the...
In the United States, 500 million plastic straws are used daily – equivalent to wrapping the entire circumference of the earth 2.5 times. Some of...
Most mornings when I wake up, I’ve gotten a full night’s sleep (or a wiggly five-year-old with his feet in my face). Most mornings...
Family time can often be the first thing to go when our lives become hectic. Work, school, activities, social time, friends, family, etc. It’s...
I hadn’t planned to write about this. In fact, submitting my contribution for the month had been another February to do list entry staring...
Dear Mom with the Autoimmune Disease,
With symptoms like fatigue, difficulty breathing, hair loss, mouth sores, sensitivity to light, joint pain, skin rashes, brain fog,...
Dear First Born,
From the minute you came into my life, I laid eyes on you and felt my heart swell to a size it...
As a working mother, I typically feel like I am in a constant state of chaos. The hours that I have to devote to...
Currently, I am knee deep in the depths of motherhood. Two babies, six months and sixteen months old and my life is completely hectic...
The other morning as I reached into the refrigerator to grab my son’s lunchbox, I heard him swoop in behind me (how could I...
If you are like me, you had vivid dreams of what your perfect family would look like in your younger years. Handsome husband, teaching...
Experiencing horrible cramps is one thing. Okay, it’s a horrible one thing. But when that pain continues beyond that time of the month and, in...
In + Around Indy
See Circle City: Creek Stomping Around Indianapolis
Growing up in the late 1980s and 1990s, I loved playing in my local park's creek. That kind of unstructured play is something I...
