Mom Blogs:

Dear appliances, We’ve been together a long time now. And you’re great. Really, you are. I want you to know how much I appreciate all the work you do around here. I seriously don’t know […]

By Shannon Magsam, quiz queen I saw this kid Q & A on another website and thought I’d conduct my own experiment. Do this with your own kids to find out what they really think […]

By Kim Blakely Just so you know, I’m not the kind of pregnant lady who has written up a detailed birth plan, complete with a list of musical accompaniment. I’m uptight and opinionated about some […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My birthday plans were simple. Maybe a little shopping with my mother, who was visiting for the weekend. Maybe I’d talk my dad into planting some […]

By Shannon Magsam All day yesterday — as I visited the Botanical Gardens and Gulley Park and the ice cream store with my husband, sister-in-law and Ladybug — I kept thinking about Wendy. Wendy died […]

By Kim Blakely, mama to Mojo Mojo has been counting everything in our house lately – we have three televisions, he’ll note, or we have four sinks and three beds. There are four people here, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 By the time these words make it into print, I’ll be a year older. Here’s a list of what I know: All I want for my […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama We’re on the docking system around here. The kid, that is, not the adults. (Fallout of the Great Recession aside.) The kidlet, a.k.a. Ladybug, has a little chart of stuff […]