The Day My Son Met Me
My son is 8 weeks old, and yet today ... we just met for the first time. Yes, after 2 months of being with him day and night, this afternoon…
My son is 8 weeks old, and yet today ... we just met for the first time. Yes, after 2 months of being with him day and night, this afternoon…
I sometimes look at women in the 1950’s and feel envious. I know that sounds weird and anti- feminist. I am prepared for the hate mail to arrive. But that…
Out of all the 2021 prediction games we probably played, having this podcast beat out every other one was most definitely not on anyone's list. Father Mike Schmitz's podcast, "The…
“Shut Up!” Not my proudest mom moment during my five-year-old's latest temper tantrum. She ran to her room and screamed, “you hate me!” She slammed the door and I could…
I remember when my oldest, Will, was learning to talk. His first word was appropriately 'ball' as we constantly played ball with our puppy. He soon said 'Dada' changing the…
We all have our ways of getting out frustration, right? One of mine is definitely screaming or yelling and I try so hard not to do it in front of…
Dear Mr. President, Tomorrow, I will do the unthinkable. Once again, I will pass over a newborn. My heart will break, despite praying that I would not have to experience…
Legislators in Idaho decided one of the first orders of business of 2021 would be to draft a proposed law that would give 'free-range' parenting more leeway in letting their children experience…
To all those working, career-minded mothers, you're not alone in how you miss your kids, how much you love your job, how much you quit some days, how much you…
Nathan Edge is 26 yeas old and a father-to-be. But he cannot see. He's blind. Typical of most pregnancies, his partner Emma received a 12-week ultrasound scan of the baby…
I remember my parents granting me some kind of weekly allowance as a kid but it wasn’t much. I have no idea how they came to the conclusion of how…
I haven’t been “skinny” since I was a small child struggling with asthma in the 80s and early 90s. I don’t come from a family of petite people. No one…
Maybe moving is on your family's 2021 goal list? Where to move to depends on several factors. This is a new list from Bankrate on the best cities in the…