Month: October 2020

By Andi Douglas, Northwest Arkansas mama of 3 and nwaMotherlode Beauty Editor Happy Halloween, Red Ribbon, Daily Theme Dress Up, Eat-all-the-Candy Sugar High Week! I hope you have plenty of coffee and a tie-dye bandana […]

Hope you had a great weekend, mamas! We know that finding fun, socially-distanced entertainment or date nights can be tricky these days. But we’re fortunate in Northwest Arkansas to have companies that are finding creative […]

18 Even when I am old and gray,     do not forsake me, my God,     till I declare your power to the next generation,     your mighty acts to all who are to come.    Psalm 71:18  (NIV) By […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In the early 1700s, author Jonathan Swift wrote about how quickly falsehoods can fly and that “truth comes limping after it.” Over the centuries, those words […]

Mamas, we know this year’s Halloween activities in Northwest Arkansas are SO much trickier because of COVID. We all have different levels of risk we’re willing to tolerate. And many families have someone in their […]

Mamas, we’ve known Melanie Hewins for YEARS and her business, Imagine Studios, has been the backdrop for many hours of fun for our kids for the past decade in Northwest Arkansas! During the pandemic she […]

16 ¶ So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths, 17   which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Up until this week, I had never flunked a test. I was one of those kids in high school who poured herself into preparation because I […]

Mamas, one of the things my daughter has missed most during the pandemic is live theatre, auditioning for local productions, play rehearsal, performance dates, sitting in the audience when the curtain goes up, etc. So […]

Do you have an awesome boss? Someone who has made this whole weird year a little easier to manage? If so, mark your calendar to send them a nice note this Friday, October 16, 2020 […]

This is the day the Lord has made;  We will rejoice and be glad in it.  ~    Psalm 118:24 (NKJV) By Bro. John L. Cash There’s an ever-present malady found in the teacher’s lounge of every school in […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My kids think it’s amazing that I was an ancient 18 years old the first time I got a computer and learned to use it. For […]

Mamas, we love a story with a surprise twist — especially when it leads to something beautiful. So that’s why we’re doing a follow-up post about a story we first brought to you last year […]