Life With Ladybug

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama A friend recently received a letter from her mother. Not too unusual, except for the fact that her mom died nearly 20 years ago. My friend had been wishing like […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama and co-founder of nwaMotherlode.com My mom has owned a beauty shop for as long as I can remember, so my hair has been many different shades. I’ve played around with […]

By Shannon Magsam I woke up this morning and realized: The B*tch is Back. Aunt Flo. She always shows up on my doorstep with her red suitcase at the worst times: Before I head out […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama and co-founder of nwaMotherlode.com “What was the last goofy thing you did?” That was a question posed in the Q&A a Day book my husband gave me from Anthropologie. I […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama It was an innocent email, but just reading it sent my heart racing. It said: Have you taken the peanut butter test yet? And then my friend linked to a […]

By Shannon Magsam In an effort to be healthier, my daughter and I are having a “step-off”. This morning, like we have every morning for a week, we put on our clothes and then strapped […]

A few weeks ago, I took my tweeny-bopper to her first concert with a few friends — one of mine and  one of hers (plus a little sister). Taylor Swift rocked the BOK in Tulsa […]

By Shannon Magsam I’ll be honest: I’ve considered booking a boudoir session with a professional photographer. Some of my friends have shown me their beautiful (classy) (tasteful) boudoir shots and we’ve joked, “We’ll be happy […]