Tag: Parenting
Friday Favorites: Baby Feeding Favorites
Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty...
Tethered- A Life Distracted by Technology
Do you remember the tetherball?
Tetherball was a game where two opponents knocked a volleyball back and forth. The idea was to sneak it past...
How We Will Talk About 2020 To Our Grandchildren?
The year 2020. I wonder how it will be described when we are grandparents? This is what I think we’ll say.
The year nature and...
When You’ve Lost It with Your Son: How to Bounce Back...
Emotions and feelings run hot while patience seems in short supply these days.
The pandemic continues to amplify the cracks that may already exist in...
Dear Young Mom, Your Day is Coming
Dear Young Mom,
I remember how hard it was to have 3 kids under the age of 4. The days were long and the nights...
It Is Really Going to Be OK – Surf and Life...
Ten years ago I found out I was having my first son. I imagined weekends at birthday parties, baseball games, and spending time with...
When Life Has Not Slowed Down, Practice Mindfulness
Our family is going on week five of the COVID-19 stay-at-home routine.
I call it a routine, but it has not in any way come...
I Was Not Meant To Be This Kind Of Teacher
I remember a time in early motherhood where I was voluntold to work in a children's class.
Voluntold because there was a need and some of...
I’m Not Buying What the World Says About Motherhood
Even though it happened over two years ago, I can still recall the conversation.
Shortly after our cross-country move, my husband and I updated our...
The Not So Simple Answer on Screen Time for Kids
I am an expectant first-time grandma with a serious case of baby fever. Any time I’m out in public, my eyes are invariably drawn...
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? I’m...
Our youngest graduates high school this May, so there is a lot of talk about majors and decisions on futures in our house. She’s...
A Mom’s Timeline for a Successful Date Night
Date night takes on a whole new meaning with kids on the scene.
Gone are the days of impromptu happy hours and last-minute dinner decisions....