I’m on the leadership team of my local Mothers of Preschoolers group, and we’re starting our new MOPS year this month. I LOVE this year’s theme, which is A Beautiful Mess. It’s true that a mother’s life is messy. It’s a physical mess, with toys and piles of laundry strewn about. It’s often an emotional […]
Like Mother, Like Daughter
When I was growing up, one of my mother’s favorite sayings was, “We can make that.” Craft fairs, home stores –you name it. She’d mentally take it apart and figure out how we could reproduce the desired item for a fraction of the cost. Never mind that we never did make those things. The mere […]
MSNBC Host Melissa Harris-Perry Says Your Kids Belong to The State
I don’t like to get political on this blog. My goal is to strengthen families, no matter what they look like, no matter what their beliefs. We all know that families today run the gamut – traditional, blended, single parent, even same-sex parents. I am not judging anyone’s family. As an adoptive mother who believes […]
Stop Running and Get Real
Do you constantly find yourself telling others how you’re “so busy?” Do you barely have time to brush your teeth, let alone plan for the future? Some seasons of life are crazy by nature. Newborn twins or a cross-country move or helping a sick parent are all activities that legitimately take up a lot of […]
Fire the Drive-Thru This Month
You know that family meals are important for helping children develop good nutritional habits. But did you also know that family meals are critical for our kid’s emotional and cognitive development as well? Numerous studies show that kids who eat family meals 3 or more times per week get higher grades, have larger vocabularies and […]
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