Let me start by saying I still feel encouraged to continue being a foster parent after the first month. That frankly feels like a...
A loud toddler, hitting his fork numerous times on the table, while actively avoiding the dinner you carefully selected and cooked for him when...
When my husband and I decided that I would be a stay at home mom, our biggest concern was money. I had a good...
“So you’re a midwife?” I think I’ve been asked this question about 50 times since January. Ecstatic, I’ve been shouting from the rooftops that...
Along the sidewalks of perfectly plotted trees and homes the exact equal distances apart, a family zooms by on an evening bike ride. A...
"You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child!" -Dr. Seuss
As an educator, I know...
Somewhere between the end of high school and beginning of college, I became obsessed with exercise. I'm not sure if I was fully aware...
During January, I completed a 21 day fast through my church of giving up all social media. I was up for the challenge but...
Do you know your love language? What about your partner’s love language? Or the love language of your kid(s)? If you had asked me...
Shame. Just the word conjures up all sorts of emotions for me, and I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how it impacts moms...
I suspect I may receive a few eye rolls after writing the following sentence, but the longest time I have spent away from my...
We really tried. We gave it our all. Up until our son pooped on our carpet while riding his scooter naked in our dining...
About a year ago I was flipping through a local northside mailer when I saw an article about The O'Connor House. I scanned the...
Twelve years ago as a college student, I spent a semester studying abroad in Ireland, and since then, Saint Patrick’s Day holds an entirely...
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...
