Community + Connection

If you ask any teacher about the gifts they treasure the most, they'll probably tell you about the ones that cost the least. Personal notes, letters, or cards from you and your child are things that most teachers hold...

One of my favorite memories growing up was going out as a family and looking at all the brightly colored houses adorned with outdoor holiday lights.  We would get in our matching footy pajamas, make home made hot chocolate, and drive around singing Christmas carols around town. 

There’s no pretty way of saying it: the news is straight up horrific these days. It shouts of heartbreak and brokenness and terror and bullies of every age. I couldn’t count on my set of hands how many times...

So here’s a touchy subject and wicked slippery slope that I’m currently trying to navigate: Body Image, body acceptance and self-love. I would like to start by saying that I am so grateful to those spreading the message of positive...

For the past several decades, about 50% of our plastic waste, such as single use food packaging (chip bags, yogurt containers, fruit containers, etc.) straws, single use water and soda bottles, plastic cutlery, cling wrap and plastic grocery bags...

COVID-19. At the start of 2020, this was barely in our vocabulary. If we knew about it, we only know that was an illness far off in China and we all felt safe in our little bubble here in...

When I had my daughter I developed postpartum depression and anxiety. What was even worse than those two diagnoses, was the panic that accompanied them. My panic attacks almost always hit when I was doing one of two things: 1....

Books are a big deal in our house. We have books in just about every room of the house, and not just books, book shelves loaded with books, packed with books, aching under the weight of books. And there...

Moms Who Make Duluth is a monthly series featuring interviews with industrious, local women who are shaping the face of Duluth's professional sphere while simultaneously raising their families. Duluth Moms Blog and Krenzen are delighted to highlight the positive impact...

You're flexible, right? I mean, you have to be in order to juggle a full fall schedule. You've got work and meetings, you've got kids to get to school, you've got coffee dates with clients to plan, and volunteer...