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Gifts That Keep On Giving
Since greening up food and decorations were explored in my Halloween and Thanksgiving posts, let’s focus on something unique to this holiday season: presents.
Here are five tips to make your gift giving a bit...
A Mom’s Guide to Plaza Lights
Pie plates hold only crumbs of the sweetness that once was, the wish bone is broken, wishes spoken, thankful words share and stomachs are stuffed fuller than the turkey once was. At the close...
Practicing Gratitude Responsibly
Growing up Thanksgiving was a big deal. Each year, we would have at least five or six families over. Extensions went into the dining room table and even the Ping-Pong table was dragged out...
Mommy Wars: Send in the Troops!
The defensive tactical unit is starting to wear down. Now is our chance to go in for the attack. So far, we have been able to keep them down by invalidating their choices in...
When Friends Have Infertility and You Don’t
I see two parallel lines. Wait, or is it the lighting? Is one line a shadow? Husband confirmation - it’s two parallel lines. We’re pregnant!
Wow, I think, that didn’t take as long as I...
Lifelong Treats: 12 Tips to a Greener Halloween
I love Halloween. Not only does Halloween take place during my favorite season, but it also involves presenting yourself to the world as creatively as possible; and, I have to admit a "mom perk"...
This Is For the Moms
This is for the moms.
The one that carries, the one that carried and lost,
The one that's raising, the one that's raised and let go
For the one that adopted and the one that birthed
For the...
It’s Apple-Picking Time!
A fun and tasty fall family outing for kids of all ages, apple picking season now is in full swing. Many orchards will stay open through October, or until all of the apples are...
Losing Control
I am an organizer. A planner. OK, ok, a type-A control freak. We have spreadsheets that map out the next 15 years of our lives. So far, we’ve pretty much gotten everything we planned...
DIYve into Summer
As a mom of three girls, 11, 9 and 6, I think a lot about parenting mindfully on a finite planet. I think about what we engage in and what it conveys to my...
Really Living in My Neighborhood
I’ve lived in Kansas City two different times ... but the first time, I never really called Kansas City home.
Part of the reason for this is because I lived in one area of the...
With or Without a Map
As a husband, father, or even as a man, there are few things that will make me redline as fast as getting lost. It’s always on mornings when I have big meetings, right during...
The Partnership of Parenting (or, “Reality Hits you Hard, Bro”)
Note: This is the fifth post in our series entitled “On Being a Dad.” For more posts from this series, click here. Stay tuned tomorrow for the final installment of this series!
My roommate, and senior...
No More Mr. Mom
Note: This is the fourth post in our series entitled “On Being a Dad.” For more posts from this series, click here.
Growing up, I dreamed of being a pro baseball player, a doctor, or that...
But WHY, Daddy? But WHY, Daddy? But WHY, Daddy?
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
We were at a lovely outdoor party...
