Aleka Smith
January Dayton Dozen
January, a month filled with short days, cold nights, and a letdown from the excitement of the holiday season, will look different in 2021. We will still be wearing masks, and likely many of...
International Day of Persons with Disabilities {Recognized on Dec. 3}
Disability, according to Webster, is a:
"physical, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, interferes with, or limits a person's ability to engage in certain tasks or actions or participate in typical daily life or interactions."
These...
Finding the Good Among the Bad: Things to Be Grateful for in 2020
2020, the year where memes depict images of exhaustion and joke about 2021 not coming fast enough. There hasn't been much of which to be grateful. News outlets seem to report one bad thing...
Lessons From Year One {A Mother’s Perspective}
When my daughter woke up on Sept. 18, she was 1 year old. She didn't know how the past year had changed her parents’ lives for the better or how seeing her grow was...
Meals with Mom {Embracing Messy Mealtimes}
Mealtimes look different these days. Gone are the times of grabbing a quick bite and heading out to the door to work. If I had 10 minutes instead of 5, I’d make a smoothie...
A Word So Powerful It Gives Me Chills: Motherhood
Motherhood.
It is a word so powerful that just typing it gives me the chills. A word that encompasses responsibility, love, and sacrifice, and while I always have been grateful for and appreciated my...