Mom Blogs:

By Shannon Magsam I had a thought this morning while I zombie walked into the kitchen in search of caffeine: Today is the first day of the rest of your life. This quote immediately conjured […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tweens and teenagers are infamous for their not-so-pleasant qualities – the eye-rolling, the obstinance, and the way sarcasm becomes their primary language. But they don’t get […]

By April Wallace There’s no shortage of maternity clothing lines out there. As soon as you do a Google search for baby name lists or buy a single baby product, your social media advertisements and […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Most people don’t like endings. They like beginnings because they’re exciting. Or they like the middle of a story, when the action is typically at its […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This morning as I was settling into my desk chair to begin work, our dog Cooper walked over to me with the “kill” in his mouth. […]

Dear Santa, Don’t worry. This isn’t another letter full of requests like the millions flood your North Pole mailbox each year. It’s just a quick note to see how you’re doing. Are you exhausted? Because […]

By Shannon Magsam, mama to Ladybug It wasn’t a morning thing, it was an all-day thing. So why do they call it morning sickness? I wondered to myself from the time I was six weeks […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I don’t often write “follow-up” columns, mostly because life moves quickly, and I can barely remember what I wrote about last week, much less several months […]