Heather Jackson
Voting: A Family Tradition
I celebrated my 18th birthday in March of the year 2000 (I know, I’m ancient) and the turn of the new century felt like...
A Bookshelf Full of Pride: 12 LGBTQ+ Children’s Lit Recommendations
Happy Pride Month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Celebrate pride and the beauty of equality all year round by padding your home library with some great LGBTQ+ children's...
For Love of Peace and Chocolate Cake: A Decade of Marriage
I think it’s important to note that, last Friday evening at 9:45 pm, after my girls were in bed and the day was at...
Have a Spooky Halloween Night With These Trick-Or-Treating Alternatives
Remember how naive we all were back in, say, May, when we thought Halloween was so far off and things would totally be back...
The Day My Optometrist Changed My Life
I stared at the grey hairs sprouting out of the right ear of my aging optometrist as he peered into my left eye with...
Break Free of the Paw Patrol Rut: Top 8 Shows Your Preschooler Can Stream
I bet you think I’m kidding. Or that I’m going to backtrack a little and offer a caveat about 4 year-olds and too much...
Birth Story: “I was ready. Or at least I thought I was ready!”
Libby is a mom of two who is married to Max and studying to be a teacher. When she was 26, she gave birth...
10 Reasons to Love Winter in the Northland
Okay, I get it. You’ve barely finished digging yourself out from this latest round of early December snow and here I am telling you...
The Solo Trip: Why I Started Traveling Alone
A few weeks ago, I got up at the unholy hour of 4 am to shower and catch a ride share to the airport....
What to Read in the Middle of the Night: Books About Early Motherhood
Sure, I may have recently sent my youngest out the door to preschool, but parenthood hasn’t stolen all of my brain cells yet. I...