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Three years ago, I made the first New Year's resolution I’ve ever kept. Essentially, I challenged myself to create something new every day. These didn’t need to be tangible items. Sometimes it was art. Often it was in the...

It’s that time of the year. The twinkle and promises of the holiday season are fading away, leaving us with broken resolutions and frozen noses. There’s a reason January is both hot tea month and national soup month–after the...

Whether it’s by faith, politics, or parenting strategies, for numerous reasons, many of us live in a divided household. For example, I am a Catholic and my husband was raised Methodist. I am a veteran parent of 13 years...

Whether you typically celebrate Thanksgiving at your home or visit family and friends, it's no secret that hosting Thanksgiving dinner can be a stressful undertaking. Attempting to clean (and maintain) a house with children, prepping food, and worrying about...

“I’ll never be able to tie my shoes; it’s too hard!” Sound familiar? As parents, it can be difficult to navigate through the various struggles our children encounter as they grow. We want to encourage and help–heck, we may even...

I grew up in North Liberty. I went to Clear Creek Amana schools and was on the “rural” bus route. This was before everyone wanted to live here, before Coral Ridge Mall existed, and when Koser Cone was the...

Between the glue sticks and the composition notebooks, we find our fellow moms. We will meet up again in the aisle alongside the colored folders. Together, we help decipher our supply lists and figure out which ones are the...

You know how you see something on Pinterest and you think, "I could make that," but yet you never quite get around to actually doing it? Well, that's me most all of the time, but I decided since I...

Updated March 4, 2021 When we moved into our home four years ago, my husband and I promised each other that we would do more home projects to put our personalities into our home. Four years later, we don’t have...

"Summertime, and the livin' is easy," or so Gershwin wrote. While there are plenty of moms out there who are anxious about the ten week break from school and scheduled life, I know there are other mothers who, like...