I'm a recovering bookworm. I'm actually only in recovery because #momlife and also probably because law school caused me to lose sight of the joy of reading for pleasure for a time, but I digress.
As a kid and as...
Dear Mothers,
Hello there. You may not remember me. I was friends with your daughter in elementary school. I don't even know if you would remember now, but you supported me in ways that helped me to become the person...
I’ve been a mom for nearly 4 years now – not a long time by any means, but long enough that I no longer feel like a total novice. Though, let’s be real: Parenting is a never-ending learning process....
When I married you, I knew what type of man you were. I knew who you'd be as a husband. I didn't know what type of man you would become. How could I? We can't really predict the future,...
This may come as a shock to some of you, but my kids don't always appreciate being told, "no." In fact, "no" is a word that has even been known to bring them to tears. Something about mom putting...
Ever listen to someone and their words ring inside your head, years later? A friend long since moved away, spoke to me in this way. They explained how bicycle riding repairs would present their need on the road. Being...
Nobody has every accused me of being a Pollyanna. I'm not really a glass-half-full kind of a girl. Keeping on the sunny side of life isn't my forte; instead, I married someone who is the happy sun I need...
Dear Friends,
Don’t @ me on my parenting. Don’t tag me wordlessly on a Facebook article, or an Insta post, or send me a link to some blog where someone says something that completely contradicts my parenting. Just stop, please.
Look,...
I recently came across a story out of Canton, Ohio that truly gave me goosebumps! A custodian at a high school was doing some repairs near some lockers. When he removed a piece of trim, he found a lost...
Not too long ago, a girlfriend and I were affectionately reflecting on the time in our lives before we had kids. Back before sticky hands and piles and piles of laundry. Before lunch packing and dirty diapers and pediatrician...
15 years ago, I started a job I knew very little about. I loved children and wanted to help make the world, or at least their own little version of it, better. I was bright-eyed and wearing rose-colored glasses...
I recently saw a video that was being shared around social media. It depicted two toddler-aged kids, a boy and a girl. The boy kept trying to hug and kiss the girl, and the girl kept pushing the boy...
Unbelievably, the child I just gave birth to is about to turn 3-years-old. As we are approaching her birthday, I thought it would be fun to interview her about some of her favorite things.
Most of her responses were completely...
We tend to believe that the magic of motherhood is in the big moments, like the first time the nurse puts your sweet newborn baby on your chest, or with his first steps, or when you watch her walk...
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Bloom :: An Event for Moms! {2024}
Bloom is an event for new and expecting moms, foster moms, and adoptive moms (recommended for any mom up to toddler age!), and other...
