Motherhood

My husband and I both work in education, which means we only have two opportunities to take a vacation: spring break and summer. Unfortunately, this is when the rest of the world also goes on vacation, and prices are...

We have this beautiful quote framed in my daughter's bedroom. It says, "If I know love, it is because of you". As I rock her before bedtime, I often see the quote and the deep truth hits me like...

This evening has settled into a quiet one. My two year old daughter is sleeping, my boyfriend is working away in our home office, and I’m planted right in front of the bathroom mirror studying the image that has...

After 25 years of working in "Corporate America," I decided on my 45th birthday to become a “Stay at Home” wife and mother. Realizing that I am extremely fortunate to have this choice, I decided to take on several...

It's the little things. Ten tiny baby toes, soft and pudgy, toenails so small they might as well be glitter. White onesies, hanging from the clothesline in a neat row, swaying and dancing in the breeze against a backdrop of green. Baby...

Do you have a few items that you bought with a “someday project” in mind and then never completed the project? Do you enjoy doing things that are easy and give you a great sense of satisfaction when they...

Iowans: we are in the home stretch! The final days of caucus season are upon us. While I’m sure many of you will be grateful that the endless ads, door knocking, and phone calls are about to end, I...

I've been a mother for nearly seven years, and I think I'm doing it wrong. I had this realization over the holidays, as our family was sitting down to dinner on Christmas Day. My mother in law suggested we...

It’s a phrase I must’ve been saying for years, but I have just recently started to notice. I love that my job as a doula allows me to talk with so many mothers. But early on in parenthood I...

Dear Kids, You see me working a lot – my office is at our house, so how could you not? When you set up your own home offices with toy computers and type away or talk on your toy phones...