Recently, I watched a video where a woman of color shared something that stuck with me: she appreciates shirts that help indicate when a...
Banning and challenging books isn't new and, unfortunately, happens frequently across the country. Books are being challenged and sometimes removed from shelves in schools...
The first time it happened it, quite literally, sucked the air out of me. "Happy Memorial Day!" the gas station attendant called as I...
  I remember the first time I saw a picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in my fifth grade social studies book. You couldn't miss her...
When the world feels overwhelming, look local. A quick perusal of almost any news or social media site can make us feel as though...
“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” - Sandy Dahl...

Our Communal Failure

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January 6th, 2021, will be one of the defining days of our generation.  I have spent more time in the Capitol Building halls than...
In the winter of 2020, I was 30+ weeks pregnant with my third baby. I was anxiously awaiting a bad flu season to end...
As I write this, the current administration is signing a flurry of sweeping executive orders with far-ranging consequences. But I’m not here to talk...
Indianapolis Moms Blog is now Indianapolis Moms Five years ago, Indianapolis Moms Blog was launched with one thing in mind: to provide a positive and...
Things are really heavy right now. As adults, it seems hard and emotional to process the current world events and watch the war on...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. Federal law prohibits discrimination based on sex or gender in any educational institution...
Ladies and gentlemen of the United States, our education system is failing our children. It is broken with no real repair in sight. Everyone...
These past few days, it seems like every time you open up social media or turn on the news, it's flooded with the latest...

In + Around Indy

See Circle City: Creek Stomping Around Indianapolis

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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...