In honor of Women's History Month, I want to shout out the women in my husband's family. In my six years with Indianapolis Moms, I have spoken very candidly about my family and my great appreciation for them. But...
Summer is thriving, even if the weather doesn’t always feel like it! We’ve gone from skin-melting hot days to goose-bumpy mornings and everything in between. Regardless of how the weather is behaving, one of our main goals for the...
People are more important than things.
I can't remember where I first heard this phrase. A quick Google search tells me it comes from Randy Pausch's book The Last Lecture. I imagine I probably heard it on a parenting podcast....
To the mom in line behind me for Santa's Workshop, I want you to know I saw you, and you're doing an awesome job.
Let me back up …
Last Friday night, I took my daughter to a local holiday event....
As the world often follows a more negative approach to life situations as they arise, it has opened my eyes to how I teach not only my students at school but also my own kids at home about how...
As a parent, I want to know how I can best promote my child's academic success. As a teacher, I am a lot better at telling other caregivers how to do that than I am knowing how to do...
"My child has a food allergy." A phrase no parent wants to say. My son is almost 3 but I already dread the day when we have to walk into a school or send him to a party unaccompanied...
I love our neighborhood. The families are friendly and the yards are always full of children playing football, jumping on the trampoline or running around having a good old time together. My son, Cohen, loves playing with his friends...
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International Women's Day is way to honor the milestones and hardworking women in your life...
I was watching one of my favorite sitcoms the other day and it just so happened to be the Mother’s Day episode. In the episode, the Dad takes their kids to his mother’s house for the weekend so that...
My dad has always been the coolest, yet most mysterious person I’ve ever known. Growing up, he was my hero, my idol, my best bud. We watched our favorite shows together. He took me on a million and one...
I don't know about you guys, but weekends packed with trips, birthday celebrations, play dates, and loads of summer fun have got me dragging a bit. I've really been needing a few short naps a week to keep myself going....
Despite how noticeable we are, it's easy to feel invisible.
But today someone saw me, and it's changing the way I see others. It's changing how I think about the sisterhood of motherhood.
If you've read my posts before, you probably...
I, like the majority of the world, had no idea about the lives of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and the other "colored computers" of NASA. It is one of many American stories of diversity that have been...
In + Around Indy
Wine Tasting Around Indianapolis
I’m not going to lie – I enjoy a nice glass of wine often. Sometimes two. I like to call myself a wine tasting...
