Year: 2011

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor Happy Mother’s Day! I hope all of you had a wonderful day full of homemade cards and burnt breakfast in bed. I’ve found that nothing validates you more as […]

Note from the mamas: Congratulations to Rebecca Sol, mom of 2 and winner of the $75 gift certificate to Leelyn’s! When Gwen and I first surfed around the Leelynn Crafts website, we were at a […]

Lots of moms are using gluten-free recipes now because they found out that they — or their child — are allergic. Our friend Cara Cleek Ogden recently switched over to vegan (her daughter’s choice) and […]

“When I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.” 2 Timothy 1:5   […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I remember this phase – the age of endless questioning. Our middle child went through it right before he started kindergarten. Now his 4-year-old sister, Kate, […]

We’re celebrating all things MOM when we stop by Magic 107.9 Friday morning to chat with radio hosts Jennifer Irwin and Guy Westmoland. We’re just a few days away from Mother’s Day, so we’ll be […]

By Shannon Magsam, mama to ladybug My intentions were good. I’d remove the dead fish, Mrs. Sassypants, from the tank and replace her with a new Betta. Ladybug would be none the wiser and the […]

I can’t think of even one mom who hasn’t had to deal with fear of needles at one point or another. It’s so common for kids to get nervous about shots, and sometimes even we […]

Note from the mamas: Congratulations to Leann Rogers, Brittney Gulley and Laura Boysen, all winners of beautiful flowers from Bradford’s Nursery! Last week, also known as the Great Monsoon of 2011, we did an “April […]

Here on nwaMotherlode, we’ve mentioned The Cobblestone Project Farm before, but wanted to share info about an event they have coming up Saturday. It sounds like a good time and you could win a $500 […]

Happy Birthday, nwaMotherlode.com! We’re celebrating today because it has officially been three years since nwaMotherlode launched. It gave the mamas, Gwen and Shannon, great pleasure to post that first “birth announcement” on May 1, 2008, […]

By Jackie Helton, the Music Mama Happy Spring, mamas! The weather is FINALLY starting to look more like spring in Arkansas. Hope this playlist of upbeat songs keeps a spring in your step throughout the […]

4 And John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.  Matthew 3:4  (NKJV) By Bro. John L. Cash, “Country Preacher Dad” […]