Month: August 2008

By Melanie Merkling, mama of 1 and professional photographer One day you’re sitting in the hospital holding the precious baby you’ve been waiting nine LONG months for. Then in the blink of an eye, you’re […]

So. I might have mentioned before – subtly, of course – that I might like to add to our family. OK, OK, I remember telling you that I’ve been trying everything humanly possible to bring […]

Dear Amy, I really need some new makeup, but going to the department store and spending a few hundred bucks isn’t in my budget. Can you recommend some good, less expensive alternatives? Dear Beauty Budget, […]

Mike Daniels of Bella Vista is a kitchen Conquistador who wears an apron that warns: “Does not cook well with others.” He dreamed up these two entrees and I think they’re both fabulous. Try them […]

“Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Luke 12:7 (RSV) By Bro. John L. Cash, “Country Preacher Dad” I’ll let you in […]

By Gwen Rockwood, columnist and mama of 3 When I skipped spring cleaning this year, the small piles of clutter lurking in the bottom of our closets mushroomed into a formidable mess. The bigger they […]

I had a wii fit recently. You see, the little people inside the Wii Fit game system recently told me I was, um, well … that I was fat and 40! There. I said it. […]

Name: Amanda Harris Children: Colorado, 7, and Mary Margaret, 5 Birth order: Second oldest of four. Amanda said she got plenty of practice babysitting as a kid and she enjoys helping out first-time mom friends […]

By Kim Blakely, Mojo’s mama Mojo is in defiance mode. It seems to be mostly where I’m concerned though, and it’s not an absolute, across-the-board attitude – it mostly rears its ugly head when I […]

Dear Amy, I keep hearing that a tinted moisturizer is great for summer time, but I can’t find one that covers as well as I want it to. Is there a product out there that […]

I tried this recipe when I went to interview Michelle Kieklak of Fayetteville, mama of two daughters, for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Food section. She had made them for me to taste and photograph. The rolls […]

By Scott McClymonds, local dad and owner of Busy Bees Christian Preschool Hello Moms of Northwest Arkansas! I’m honored to share a “Devotion in Motion” with you this week, and I hope you’ll be inspired […]

By Gwen Rockwood, columnist and mama of 3 I think it was seventh grade. I remember lining up with my classmates in a very still, silent library – the kind of quiet that makes the […]