Somewhere, buried in my boxes of old paperwork, there is a document from the University of Wisconsin that declares that I am qualified to teach teenagers how to cook. Technically, my title is Family & Consumer Education teacher, but...
I’ve been MIA lately, but I've been a little busy: We bought a house in October, I found out I was pregnant a week later, and I started my last semester at USC before graduating with my bachelor's degree!!!!...
We have partnered with some of the Midland's top summer camps and programs to provide you with a list of activities your kids don't want to miss!
Hammond Summer Programs
Location: 854 Galway Lane | Columbia, SC | 29209
Dates: June 1...
It's Mother's Day! As the loved ones around us take time to let us know how much they appreciate "mama," we couldn't help but focus on the women in our lives who taught US how to be mothers ourselves...
My Dear Mama,
Oh how many times I have fantasized about what it was going to be like to become a mother. Of course, you know well that as a kid I always pretended to be a mom and enjoyed...
Yep, that's right. I'm going to tell you how to win the Mommy Wars. I'm going to help you find out if babywearing, or breastfeeding, or strollers, or white noise machines, or co-sleeping, or disposable diapers, or homemade organic baby...
"Hurt me with the truth but never comfort me with a lie."
The truth can hurt, but lies are devastating. Who likes to be lied to? No one that I know. No one likes a liar. Today is National Honesty...
I used to be like most people. I thought the news reports about police shootings were sensationalism, trying to generate clickbait for profit. We thought we were immune, for no other reason than we watched these events unfold on a screen,...
The first time we brought our children to church, they were each less than a month old. Our daughter was just over a week, and our son was just five days old. I had all the normal new mom fears...
Over the last few weeks, I had the pleasure of trying out a wonderful new product called Comfort Buddie. Comfort Buddie is a heating and cooling pad, specifically designed for infants and toddlers. Made from 100% pure cotton, Comfort...
National Library Week starts today and I, for one, am excited!
All right. So, maybe this week isn't as highly anticipated as Halloween or Christmas. There may not be the international hype that leads up to St. Patrick's Day or...
Today is National Siblings Day. I learned only recently that this day existed; but it's fitting, because exactly one year ago, on this day, I gave my daughter her first and only sibling. In the year since he has...
This summer I was talking to my mom about the kids' busy sports schedules for the coming season. She said, "Whatever it is, you'll figure it out. You're so organized."
I braced myself because I knew it was coming, and...
I really admire stay-at-home and work-at-home moms. I tried it myself, and I failed dismally.
I'm a better mom when I work outside the home, because my time with my kids is quality time, versus quantity time. When I was...
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Weekend Events for Kids
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