Advice

As a former full-time elementary classroom teacher, I absolutely loved this time of the year. It is a moment when we pause and think about lessons of kindness, of peaceful protest, and of marches meant to make way for...

It’s cold and everybody is home. There is nothing better than to end the day by winding down to watch a show or two. Thanks to COVID-19, we all still need an escape. Well, look no further! The Iowa City...

The contractions started around 6 a.m. and my son was born at 8:08 a.m. My ten pound baby boy burst into the world without giving my body time to adjust. And that is how he has lived every day...

The riots inside of our nation's capitol this week left me feeling a variety of emotions. Among those that I am currently able to identify include fear, anger, confusion, frustration, and grief. I have learned that while no emotion is...

Mom Confession: I’m a bottom of the barrel kind of gal when it comes to buying myself bras. For the better part of 15 years I have shopped the sale racks and those bins of bras and undies at Victoria’s...

A few years ago, I started going to the gym — and something uncomfortable happened when I jumped — I peed a little. I have never considered myself athletic. Yes, I’d walk and push a quad-stroller around town when I...

Now that the ground is finally covered in a layer of wintry white, it’s time to make childhood memories by bundling up and hitting the sledding slopes. Read on for the skinny on the best Iowa City-area sledding hills! 10...

While working in the Emergency Department at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, I have seen firsthand the devastating effects of unintentional and non-accidental firearm injuries. Seeing patients who have sustained a firearm-related injury is difficult. Patients often...

How do you plan for a new year when all your plans for last year were cancelled?  How do you “choose one word” or make a new year’s resolution after a year full of challenges, loss, drastically altered lives, and...

2020 . . . what a year. For so many of us, this year was hard. It was a year of loss. It was a year of isolation. It was a year of uncertainty. It was a year of frustration...