Tag: parenting

I don’t typically make New Year’s resolutions, but I do appreciate the opportunity for reflection and a fresh start that a new year offers....

When my husband and I made the jump for me to stay home with our two kids full-time, with him as the sole income...

The end of 2025 felt heavy. Just too heavy. The holidays came and went, but unless you have tunnel vision, the world seemed to...

I pull into the parking lot of the coffee shop. It’s a familiar view. It’s a local coffee shop and one of my favorites....

Working mom. Stay-at-home mom. Work-from-home mom. Single mom. Adoptive mom. Step-mom. Co-parenting mom. Crunchy mom. Silky mom. Type-A mom. Type-B mom. If motherhood had a...

Every time I look at the random assortment of toys in my shower, I can’t help but smile. As my kids are getting older...

Children carry a quiet innocence—soft, unfiltered, untouched by the world. As parents, we orbit around that innocence, shielding it, shaping it, filling their days...

My husband planned a work trip the week before winter break. While I understood the purpose of the trip, the second he told me...

I recently went to visit my 93-year-old grandmother for a morning catch-up. Few places take me back to childhood like her home. The summers...

“Excuse me,” an older gentleman said to my husband as we exited a restaurant. “You really have great daughters there. I was watching you...

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...

How we talk about others matters. As our lives have become more digital and more of our communication is done through sharing messages, sending...

As crazy as this may sound to some people, my child is a furry. The reason I decided to write about this is that,...

“I’m not political, so I don’t keep up with the news on those types of issues.”  When a colleague said this to me the other...