Indianapolis Moms

“What did Santa bring you?” was the question I heard right after Christmas break ended in my first-grade classroom. I sat in my chair, listening to two little seven-year-old girls discuss what they did on their time away from school. I smiled as I heard them talk about spending time with family and baking cookies […]

Disclosure: We are thrilled to bring this resource in collaboration with one of our favorite community partners, St. Richard’s Episcopal School.The holiday season has arrived! We blinked and DECEMBER is here! Here is our round up of December family events and activities in Indianapolis and the surrounding areas! Meet Our Sponsor: St. Richard’s Episcopal School […]

Let’s pump the brakes real quick and recognize that I’m not talking about going to the school board and telling them to lock up specific books or stop teaching certain aspects of history. This is not that kind of post, so if you’re looking for that, please look elsewhere. The type of nag I’m talking […]

For the better part of the last eight years, the eight years since I’ve become a mother, I’ve been tired.  Lately, the tiredness has shifted from sleep-deprived and mentally exhausted from being the default parent to two little girls to being burnt out and overwhelmed as a full-time teacher mom to kids with ever-increasing extracurricular […]

One night this past October, I was doing my usual routine of saying goodnight to all my kids. My oldest, my ten-year-old son, was my final stop. I walked into his room ready to give him a big hug, a kiss, and a cheerful “sweet dreams.” Instead, I found him sitting up in his bed […]

How we talk about others matters. As our lives have become more digital and more of our communication is done through sharing messages, sending memes, reading the news, and scrolling on our phones, we have lost the understanding that how we talk about others matters.   There’s a problem in our society with how we are […]

Welcome to the “Ber” months. Our calendars are full of activities, and we have little patience or downtime. However, it is also the most exciting time of year; it is cozy, and you spend time with family and friends. However, it is hard to ignore the times we are living in, and while that weighs […]

There is a lot going on right now, isn’t there? I don’t have to list it all. You know. You probably feel it deep inside you, like I do. Things feel, in an understatement, overwhelming. I’ve been struggling for months now to figure out what I can do during this time when all my actions […]

I wrote a few months back about the moment I cracked, the raw conversation with my husband where I said out loud that I wanted to resign from my job. That piece was raw and honest because I needed it to be. Today is the update to that story. It turns out both things can […]

As we moms know all too well, life is busy, and there never seems to be enough time for everything we need and want to do. One thing I’m trying to be more intentional about is carving out one-on-one time with each of my kids. This seems daunting with three kiddos and a full-time job, […]

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, for all the coziness, homeyness, and gratitude it inspires and provides. But I’ve recently noticed a small thread of discontent or dissatisfaction in my heart regarding Thanksgiving, and I wanted to explore why. As I got curious about these feelings and paid attention to my inner monologue, I realized that […]

Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas! Are you looking for a place to visit Santa this holiday season? Look no further – here is our round up of places to visit Santa around Indianapolis. We have two sections – a section for Santa visits that include photo opportunities, and a section for places to visit Santa […]