Motherhood + Parenting

A friend has a baby or surgery - what do we do? We sign up and we bring food. That's what mamas do. We rally together as a community and shower that friend with love and sustenance. Some things...

Have you heard about the Momo Challenge? Basically, it is a picture of a girl who is in desperate need of some volumizer and under eye concealer, who creeps into video games and YouTube videos like Peppa Pig to...

Help Me, PBS Kids, You're My Only Hope I'm not what you'd call a helicopter parent. I don't tend to hover or fuss generally. In fact, I joke that sometimes I'm more of a submarine parent. You may not know...

As the middle child myself, when I was younger, I didn't feel like there was anything special about me and my role in our family. I wasn't the oldest. I wasn't the youngest. I wasn't the only boy or the...

When my daughter went to Kindergarten three years ago, I quickly got to know the personality of her teacher. Not because I spent a lot of time with the teacher, not because we were friends, and not even because...

I am a dog lover coming from a family of dog lovers! During my childhood, I was the sibling to five dogs where I had simple responsibilities to love and play with them. As an adult, I have been...

Like many parents around the world, we are now doing our jobs from home, taking care of kids, homeschooling, keeping up with household chores, and trying to keep our cool. I haven’t had a typical ‘office job’ in nearly...

Being a parent during a pandemic is super hard. There are lessons to be learned and value to be found amid all of this, but it doesn’t erase the extreme pressure we’re all feeling. Once I allowed myself to...

I turned 31 this September. It wasn’t the birthday I ever imagined it to be, it was even better. If I could write a letter to my 29-year-old self, I think it would go something as follows: 2020 is not...

Christmas season is upon us and one of the best ways to spend cold nights with your kiddos is to snuggle up with some popcorn and watch a festive movie! There are hundreds of movies to choose from (thousands...

In our family, we believe in the Gospel. The good news about Jesus - that he lived, died, was buried, was raised from the dead, and ascended to Heaven. We believe it is good news for us because it...

As the temperatures go from warm to hot and the air conditioner blasts all day long, I find myself looking for literally any way to escape the heat. This includes when I cook meals. There is nothing I hate...