Parenting + Family

There are so many things we've had to do differently thanks to Covid-19, including education. Distance learning threw a lot of parents a big twist and made the school year full of new challenges. Having kids home during the...

I’ve been thinking about Pride Month this week. Although I’m in a same-sex marriage, I’ve never really celebrated the month. My sons are loved in their community; we have always felt welcomed as a family. Pride has been a...

My birth daughter graduates from high school in a week or so. The irony is that my second daughter is graduating from Kindergarten. It is a bittersweet time—knowing this much time (18 years) has passed without me in her...

I have studied my now five and half year-old sons closely over the last year. Partly because I was given the gift of time with them, obviously, but also because they have been inching up on the age I...

As parents there is a chance you have heard of Montessori schooling. But what is it really?  Should we know more about it? I am biased, but yes, it is definitely something that is worth a peek. I have...

Why can’t I see my sister? When can I see my sister next? Why doesn’t my sister live near us? These are just a taste of the questions my 6-year-old has been asking lately about my birth-daughter, Chelsey. When...

If you’ve flown recently or have even looked at the prices of flights, you know the total cost is a punch to the gut. Struggling with the reality of the cost to fly our family of six from the...

Since becoming a mom, I've found it much more difficult to find time for self love. It turns out that being in charge of the well-being of a tiny human requires quite a bit of attention and time. I...

I vaguely remember having my first daughter and I was straight terrified. I had never held a baby much less taken care of one. I babysat kids around ages 6 and up, and I really didn’t like them. I’m...

I know. I know. You’re thinking, “Lady, I don’t have a green thumb. In fact, if there were such a thing as a thumbless gardener, that’d be me. I can not grow stuff in gardens!" Here’s my secret. I kill...