Raising kids is not easy, whether you have one, two, four, or six. I think most people would agree with that statement. My daughter is only three, but for a year or two, I’ve compared her to other kids...
  Having a new baby is so exciting. Birth is also painful, confusing, and overwhelming. Welcoming a new life can have so many different things attached but is such a beautiful experience.  Whether you’re welcoming your 1st or your 4th, there are...
At one point or another within our journey of motherhood, all of us have had questions. All of us have needed tips and tricks and wisdom to get through a certain season that was before us. All of us...

Single Parenting 101

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Single parenting? Where should we begin? I have been a single parent for five years essentially but only two years per legal documents. This was not the path I would have ever chosen for myself or for my worst enemy. ...

The Dream Team

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”The Dream Team” who doesn't love the sound of that? It sounds perfect! This is what I thought I should strive for as a mother and a wife. I was so far off!  In a 2020 social world, it...
My friends and I made a rule a long time ago that unless the kids were puking and unable to leave the house we wouldn’t let their sickies keep us from getting together.  The idea was that between all...
It's that time of the year when winter feels like it has been dragging on forever and you have been cooped up inside longer than you would like. Your kids have played the same games a trillion times and I...
There are a few questions that people always seem to have about Toledo. What is a Mud Hen? Are Tony Packo's hot dogs really that good? Why are there frog statues sporadically placed around Downtown? However, the most frequently asked...
As a breastfeeding mom of two years, I know how beneficial breastmilk is to babies and even toddlers.  It’s also something I don’t take for granted. I have family and friends who cannot breastfeed for one reason or another...
Do you remember the first time you picked up a crayon to color your first coloring book? During that experience, you were staring at bold black lines.  You might have scribbled all over the page with complete freedom.  Eventually, you...