Community + Connection

Who is excited for the annual return of BENTLEYVILLE? We are! We've got your 2018 Guide to Bentleyville, which includes a fun I Spy Printable, the best days to visit, and SO much more! We'd love for you to SHARE...

Being a parent is hard. It’s important to realize we all have our own struggles. Some bigger than others and some we would never dare to tell anyone. Perhaps they don’t feel important enough or are just plain embarrassing.  We...

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated enthusiastically all over the world by Irish and non-Irish alike. It’s wonderful, and it’s a testament to the fact that there is a strong sense of community among people who have and who admire...

It’s a time where nothing can be predicted and many of us find ourselves scared, anxious, and confused about what’s next. I know what’s happening. I’m not oblivious to it. People are experiencing loss of employment. Seniors in high...

I love Chester Bowl Fall Fest. It has a little bit of a Stars Hollow feel to it - any Gilmore Girl lovers out there? At this festival, you are going to see neighbors, eat food, do a little...

Finding quality education and care for our earliest of learners--our weren’t-they-just-my-tiny-baby toddlers--is a surprisingly challenging and lengthy process, especially here in the Northland. Duluth and its surrounding areas offer several amazing preschool opportunities for three and four year olds,...

THANK YOU, ST. LUKES and GLENSHEEN! Over the past year, we've had the privilege of working with our local friends at both St. Luke's and the Glensheen to produce the much anticipated Duluth Moms Blog Birthday Gala and it has been our...

I guess I’ve always been somewhat of an old soul. Or maybe it’s more that I feel like I was born at the wrong time. From the time I was a little girl, I was fascinated with all things...

Do you know what's hard? Being a new mom. Do you know what's even harder? Being a new mom in a new town where you don't know a single soul. That is the situation I found myself in last year....

Parenthood is a journey that so many of us are on, so why does it often feel isolating and difficult to maintain our relationships? I attribute this strain to, what I have dubbed, the “fragment conversation”. Let’s break this apart. Play...