Since the beginning of the second week in July, my local Walmart has had the "Back to School" supplies out -- front and center. I couldn't believe it. I am sure some parents would have seen this debacle and sang Handel's...
Disappointment was not what I sat down to write about when my 16-year-old daughter ran past me with a look of terror...
Every mommy instinct I have focused on all the horrible possibilities of what might be happening as Caroline...
2017 was another great year for the Columbia SC Moms Blog! We are so thankful to all you, our readers, who were right there with us as we shared stories about our families, highlighted all the fun things to...
Teacher Appreciation Week is the first full week in May, which this year is May 6-10. Thinking about a Teacher Appreciation Week gift give your child's teacher? Before you run to Pinterest to search for cute ideas, I asked...
I seriously contemplated emailing my child's teacher this morning. I desperately wanted to let her know that I had strongly suggested (ahem, demanded) long pants, not shorts, as attire for this rainy-ish 47 degree South Carolina winter day. I...
Aaah, summer. It’s so great, because you can relax more in the mornings without everyone racing out the door to school. But it’s also kind of awful, because you have to fill a LOT of time during the day....
I used to have no trouble being the hip mom. I thought my younger stepmom status gave me cool points automatically. I dressed trendy, I listened to Top 40 music, I knew who the Kardashians were, and I could hold my...
Gone are the good old days. Gone are the days when children hop on their bikes in the morning, spend the day exploring with their friends, and return home tired. Gone are those days, or, so they say. Enter...
“Ugh. 7th grade is the worst.”
“Oof. Good luck – 7th grade is terrible.”
“I’ll pray for you. Seventh grade is absolutely horrible.”
Those were some of the encouraging words friends and strangers alike (thanks, guys!) had for me at the beginning...
Every day she changes. Her hair gets just a little longer, her face gets a tad bit thinner, she grows just a smidge taller, she ages another day, she becomes a little more independent, and she gets just a...
As a former teacher, I have stories to tell. Not just about my experiences, but the gifts. Don't get me wrong, anything that shows you appreciate all the hard work teachers put into your child's education is appreciated. However,...
Our oldest started kindergarten this year. That meant a whole lot of new big things, school, routine, and friends, just to name a few. Because both my husband and I work 40+ hours a week out of the home,...
Thorns, bugs, heat, and backbreaking manual labor … I love it! It’s blackberry time! This is usually my first project as soon as the school year is over and this year is no different.
I have an ENORMOUS patch of wild...
Enough is enough already. Parents, we have GOT to chill right out about our kids. Like RIGHT NOW, we’ve got to pull our collective selves together. We must cool our ever-loving jets. We have turned into lunatics when it...
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Columbia Museum of Art Offers Free Summer Admission to South Carolinians
The Columbia Museum of Art has been selected to participate in Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program, a transformative, three-year funding initiative aimed...
