Month: August 2020

Backpack? Check. Lunchbox? Check. Mask and/or laptop? Double Check. This year’s back-to-school season definitely feels and looks a little different from what we’re used to, but it’s happening in one way or another — in-person, […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama It’s been a little over a week since my husband and I moved our one and only into her dorm room. Even though she’s in college nearby, I’m trying to […]

We love watching kids in Northwest Arkansas grow up through these great snapshots shared by their mamas. Here’s another batch of amazing pictures. You only have 2 more days to get in on the Summer […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor and mama of 3 When the weather is hot, on go the flip flops and off go the sleeves! And then the sleeves go right back on because I […]

Happy Thursday, mamas! Like so many others, I’ve baked more this year than ever before. I figure if we’re going to be spending this much time at home, the house might as well smell like […]

8 He who does not love does not know God,    for God is love.      ~       1 John 4:8 (NKJV)    By Bro. John L. Cash I’ve been a follower of Jesus […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Yesterday I walked into the bathroom to put away a stack of folded towels. As soon as I put the pile of fresh laundry on the […]

By April Wallace, Northwest Arkansas mom and nwaMotherlode contributor It’s a lot of work to keep a house in clean, functional order. All mamas know this, of course. But being stuck at home for the […]

Mamas, we hope you’re having a great week! We want to introduce you to Heather Sorrells, a Northwest Arkansas mom whose interview below will definitely make you smile in recognition 🙂 If you really dislike […]

Look at the cuties who showed up in our email inbox! And don’t forget you can still get in on the Summer Snapshot Contest! HOW TO ENTER: Get some of your favorite shots submitted for […]

Editor’s note: Mamas, we first published the following post back in March when schools in Northwest Arkansas shut down and we all tried to figure out how to help our kids do school at home. […]

“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,   let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us,    and let us run with endurance […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I was in my early twenties and working as an assistant in the newsroom of the local paper, the editor tossed me an assignment late […]