When we become a parent, the way we see and do things immediately changes. Our first priority is to keep our young ones alive and well. One day, we are spending lazy Sunday mornings in bed with a cup...
Let me tell you about this place, this very magical place.
I remember losing my Daisy just like it was yesterday. She was a short, slightly chubby, full of life, very sassy Yorkie. I can close my eyes and still...
“Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane...”
Am I the only one who gets this crazy song stuck in their head this time of year?! It’s almost as if as soon as we finish...
My mom died.
It's almost been 12 years, yet in so many ways it seems like it was just yesterday. 12 years ago a call came that I wasn't expecting. My dad had called at 4 a.m. to say the...
Love you neighbor.
It's such a simple statement. Seems so easy. Seems like the right thing to do. Seems like everyone would want to do so.
Last year when our community was destroyed by tornados, I saw so many people rush...
We all know the sound of the tune. Our heart skips a little tween beat and our brain activates "dance floor" mode immediately when we hear Aqua's "Barbie Girl" song.
"I'm a Barbie girl..." in a boy world.
I have two...
I've bowled a few times. In the 80s and 90s, that was a cool youth group outing. My Girl Scout troop went a few times, too. It is not that I didn't like bowling; I just really wasn't any...
There it is, sitting on my kitchen counter staring me square in the face; the undone to-do list. How have I been racing around all day, and yet this list still has things left on it?! The answer is...
Each year since becoming a mother, my husband and kids have gifted me a garden item. First, a refurbished planter my husband found at the house we moved into, followed by a dwarf peach tree and a lilac bush....
You guys, I am genuinely sitting here with silent tears rolling down my cheeks as I type this. I promised that my posts would be genuine and give all the mamas a place to know they are not alone...
Anyone who has seen National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation knows that Clark Griswold spends the entire holiday season valiantly trying to make Christmas a magical holiday for his family, even while his house literally falls down around him. His character...
Even though it's thrown around a lot this time of year, the word "resolution" always felt heavy to me in its tone. To resolve to do something is a BIG commitment for someone who's reluctant to give attention to...
I recently discovered a parenting trick that is pretty much changing my life. It's the art of the High Five, and its so easy that I can't believe I missed it.
Have you ever taken one of those love language...
We've been playing oodles of Uno lately.
It's the first "semi-grown up" game we taught our 7-year-old and he LOVES to play it.
Each and every time we play Uno, I learn more and more lessons from his little mind and...
In + Around Dayton
Halloween Events {2024}
Here's your annual roundup of Halloween events happening around the Greater Dayton area this year all month long during October! Dress up, have some...
