Tag: parenting

Happy International Women's Month, which is one of my favorite months of the year. Any opportunity to celebrate women awakens something in my spirit....

Two years ago next month, I watched my husband walk into a date, comfortably holding hands and laughing with his married co-worker. There was...

I grew up in rural northeastern Indiana. My house was right outside of town, so close that when my twin sister and I missed...

Take a look at our Christmas card photo this year, and you might think, “Yep, they’ve cracked the code.” Eleven glowingly healthy faces in...

A year ago, I broached the topic of another baby with my husband. To be clear, we have three healthy kids, our lives feel...

It’s the beginning of another New Year. I am not a big fan of New Year's Resolutions. However, there’s one commitment that I believe...

Have you ever opened a fresh planner and thought about all the things that you’ll do differently this year? Me too. There’s something about...

We live in a society that is seemingly anti-women supporting women, making it very hard to build a community for moms. The general atmosphere...

I am so proud of my husband for choosing to be a police officer. He is my own knight in shining armor and his...

If navigating parenthood came with a manual, then navigating life as a single mom comes with a leaflet; one that’s missing pages, smudged with...

This is the first post in a four-part series centered on listening to lived experiences with racism. We are living in a heavy, divided moment—one...

You know when life feels overwhelming, and the timing of everything couldn't be worse -- and it's always the week before vacation? Our latest...

Let’s face it, the first snow day of the year is filled with squeals of glee, motivation to get out into the frigid cold,...

Somewhere in the midst of meal-planning, switching the laundry, changing diapers, making whole humans, and sometimes gutting through the monotonous day after day that...