To my wonderful husband,
You're lying in bed asleep and I can't stop crying. You are in the military and have been called to action and will be leaving us soon. While I have known about this for quite some...
While I'm not a vegetarian, our family tries to incorporate a few meatless meals throughout our week for multiple reasons. Not only have I found that we all eat healthier when I swap meat out of our meals, it...
My son Teddy and I had trouble breastfeeding from the start. He wouldn't latch in the hospital despite my receiving help from three different nurses and two lactation consultants. After 24 hours he still hadn't eaten and when they...
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” -- Anonymous
I recently read a article about seeing our children not...
Before I launch into this, I want to say that I think both camps- the Working Mom camp and the Stay-at-Home Mom camp- get defensive because we love our kids, and there is nothing more outrageous than someone suggesting...
Early in May, I wrote about surviving melanoma and how it affected me. Well, one way in which it changed me probably goes without saying – I am now ‘THAT WOMAN’ with sunscreen always in her purse. ‘THAT MOM’...
I will come straight out and say that I battle depression. I have battled depression on and off most of my life. In sixth grade I had a horrible school environment and I didn’t know how to deal with...
"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." -- Mister Rogers
Ahhh, the toddler years. I always wonder what these old ladies mean when they give me the 'enjoy every single...
In a cold room a frail girl sits alone, her small hands resting on a frigid tabletop, her legs are shaking and her mind is racing. She isn't sure why she's here and the recording device seems to be...
Good kids sometimes express their needs in bad ways. They hit, they scream, they bite, they tattle, they whine and they simply don't listen. It's not personal, it's developmental and it's their way of communicating that they have a...
Last week, I was made aware of a new phenomenon known as the “Dad Bod.” If you haven’t heard of it (you definitely will), the “Dad Bod” is a specific physique that is a cross between a guy who...
My skin cancer story started in elementary school. Coming out of summer vacation, my under 10-year-old self was suddenly very cognizant of the other girls comparing their tan lines. Tan lines that I did not have -- despite spending...
I’m naturally a very anxious person – the type of person who replays scenes in my head from ten years ago and re-dies with embarrassment. I imagine the worst possible scenario in everything. I walk around with a constant...
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Indianapolis Moms Guide to June Family Events
School is out and summer is here! Make sure you load up on the sunscreen and check out our roundup of June events in...
