Articles by nwamamas

It’s hot outside, but you can plan a “cool” birthday party for your kid this summer. We recommend an ice skating party at  The Jones Center. Or a swimming party. Or a gymnastics party! 🙂 […]

Most of us know at least one person who deals with pain on a daily basis. You might even be that person. Pain management is such an important part of medicine, so we went to […]

By Shannon Magsam, nwaMotherlode.com co-founder The summer I turned 17, I traveled across the United States (and Bermuda – hard job!) in a huge tour bus with a Christian group called the Continental Singers. I […]

We recently met the marketing director at Panera Bread, a local mama of two daughters, and in the course of conversation, we asked her if she’d give us some Panera bucks to offer the mamas […]

3 The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things– 4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I crawled into bed last night earlier than usual feeling completely exhausted. That swim meet really wore me out. But I didn’t swim a single stroke. […]

We love watching kids grow up via the great snapshots sent in by their moms. Having launched this website more than 7 years ago, we’ve already seen some babies turn into kindergartners! Here’s the latest […]

When the summer days get really hot, it’s easy for kids to turn into “screen zombies” — sitting for long stretches of time watching TV or playing video games or smartphone apps. And all that […]