Embrace the Minivan

Before kids, I drove a VW Beetle. When we got married, it became a Mazda sports car. But after my first baby, the giant, heavy jogging stroller wouldn’t fit in the trunk. Enter baby two and a Jeep Grand Cherokee. But when baby 3 came, it was 3 car seats...

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Surviving Motherhood When You Have a Difficult Kid

Motherhood is a hard journey for many mommas. There are all kinds of obstacles that can make it hard to navigate. I have always found joy in the journey and figured out how to parent in each season. Well, that’s until my third baby.My sweet team green baby, who I was...

Let's Let Kids Play Outside!

Thirty years ago, I was just a preschooler. I played outside with my brother and my dog. I played in the mud and got dirty. We pretended and explored. With the exception of an occasional episode of Sesame Street, we watched very little television, and television was our only form...

PLEASE Don't Smoke at the Park!

I’ll never forget the awkward moment when I had to ask a family member not to hold my brand new baby near the other people who were smoking. It didn’t matter that they were outside; second-hand smoke is dangerous regardless of where you are standing. To me, this seems like...

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