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When my alarm went off this morning, I groaned, rolled over and reached under my pillow to give it a good shake to shut it up. My alarm clock is on my smartphone, you see, […]

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 Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 “That’s it,” I said to no one. “I’m getting nowhere.” I shut the lid of my laptop in disgust and walked away. As I paced around […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A wonderful thing happened yesterday. While my 6-year-old daughter tapped her way through dance class, I got a much needed dose of “baby.” One of the […]

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 […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 All this talk of government shut-down has got me thinking. Can a mom declare a household shut-down? And if so, what would that look like? More […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s an ongoing conversation in our house about what we’re going to be when we grow up. Our three kids regularly revisit and revise their career […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A friend recently passed along an online article by author Meagan Francis, who wrote a great book called “The Happiest Mom.” I love how this writer […]