Previously on Motherlode…

Guess who we got to meet yesterday, mamas?! Laura Ingalls Wilder!!! Um, Melissa Gilbert, we mean. Seriously, it was hard not to think of her as “Laura” even though her pigtails had been replaced by […]

By Kim Blakely, mama happy to be on diaper duty When I tell my friends I’ve decided to cloth diaper Moxie, the reaction I get is always something like, “Why?!” or “Ewww.” Some of them […]

We’d like to introduce a new mama blogger, Jade Stone. Jade is mom to 4-year-old Jess, wife to National Guardsman Jay and has already endured her husband’s first deployment. They’re gearing up for a second. […]

What’s in a name? A lot, actually. As mothers, we know how tough it is to find the perfect name for a new baby. And, believe it or not, it’s just about that tough to […]

HAPPY SNOW DAY, MAMAS! And congratulations to Tamara Lewis of Fayetteville! She won two tickets to the opening night performance of Little House on the Prairie, The Musical at Walton Arts Center tomorrow night. This […]

By Jackie Helton, the Music Mama Hey, mamas! We thought we’d kick off the New Year with some of the biggest new hits from last year. Hope these songs get you in the groove for […]

21This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22 Through the LORD’S mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few years ago, my husband Tom made a mistake. Without thinking through the consequences, he did something rash and now we’re both paying the price. […]