Memories

With the excitement of the holiday buzz, comes the commercialism. It’s the buy, buy, buy mentality of the season. I think Charlie Brown said it best, "Even my dog has gone commercial!" Don’t get me wrong. I like a...

I gave birth in the middle of a pandemic. I write this as my newborn sleeps peacefully on my chest. The weight of her tiny body a reminder of what I accomplished during a very stressful time for so many. It...

From the minute all of us mamas announce our pregnancy, the advice begins! I think it is part of being initiated into the mom tribe and most of the advice I really appreciated, but it hit me the other night,...

All right readers, I need your help. Because some of my childhood memories of visiting Iowa City are vague, and not everything is archived on the internet — or at least, it isn't where I can find it. I did...

For all you hip and rad moms out there who use TikTok, you may have seen the recent trend called "mosaic." It was going around a bit over the summer. In this trend, the TikTokers (is that a word?...

I don’t love to admit this, but vacations are one element of parenting that I will sometimes lie about. When I tell friends or coworkers that I’m planning a family vacation or staycation, I feel somehow like I owe...

Everywhere I look I see posts about the Terrible Twos or the dreaded Threenager. But not too many have ventured to discuss the Not-So-Wonderful Ones. If you have a child who is in the 14-23 month range, then you...

If you’re anything like me, this is your absolute favorite time of year. We watch all the Christmas movies, get a real tree and make it a whole family experience, the elf makes an appearance all month long and...

All of the presents have been unwrapped and the boxes are waiting by the curb side. The room is no longer illuminated by the glow of Christmas tree lights. Our Elf on the Shelf has made his way back...

For the last eight or nine years our family has been doing something different at the start of a new year.  Instead of making traditional goals or resolutions, we each pick a word for the year and we really...