Guest post by Codi Darnell My baby is starting Kindergarten. Cue Aretha Franklin belting out Freedom on repeat in my head like some sort of unofficial anthem for this stage of motherhood—an anthem that’s only purpose is to convince me that this transition is a good thing. But Aretha has yet to make me a…
It’s back to school, back to soccer, back to dance and back to everything! Amy Beeman weighs in on the fine line between boredom and over-scheduling your kids.
Summer with kids. You’ve got 18 summers, Make them count!
Amy Beeman weighs in on finishing the job on Mother’s Day. Don’t collapse yards from the finish line. Ice that cake kids!
It’s World Autism Awareness Day. A Vancouver mom tells us what it’s like to be a mom who worries, a mom who cares deeply, and a mom who struggles.
I am proudly lowering the bar. I’m lowering the bar on everything I don’t like doing. And I’m not ashamed to admit it.We moms set the bar pretty high for ourselves. We try to do it all. We work. We take care of the kids. We chauffeur everyone to their activities. We clean the house….
Hey Mom! Tell your kid to put the phone down! It’s not my job to tell you how to parent your kid, just like it’s not your job to tell me how to parent mine. But please … can we at least have a level of common sense that we agree on? Some sort of…
Guest post by Codi Darnell How do you define motherhood? Mom is just a title until you give the role substance and meaning. Except we don’t spend our days analyzing what is required of us – we do what is required of us. Often there is an element of survival in our daily lives and…
Making the decision to start a family is one of life’s biggest milestones. It’s journey takes love, patience and even guts. But what about the decision to close the chapter of growing your family… making the transition to the season of solely raising and nurturing your children? How do you come to this milestone? And…
My phone pinged. Come to the beach tonight! Sunset + drum circle. I wish we could, I typed back. But we’re all exhausted. Another time! This small interaction was a real shift for me. You see, I am recovering from an affliction called Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). I’ve always been one to look over…
