Tag Archives: Mothering Well

Parents, are you overwhelmed at even the thought of your child going off to college? Eyes wide, heart beating and breath caught in your chest, we know you have anxiety thinking about that moment when ...

We were all in a long row, my family of ten, singing at church. At the time, my oldest was sixteen and my youngests, my twins, were newborns. My oldest kids at that point had been in the baby game a l...

Hey there, momma. I just thought I'd let you know that I see you. This week, social media is lit up with women shouting out about breastfeeding and all of the benefits of it. Pages of facts, encouragi...

Kids are forward-looking folks - that is, they're always looking ahead to the next thing. Waiting doesn't come easy. But that same sense of anticipation can be a source of fun, when you channel it in ...

I've come up with a few things I live by in motherhood. Most are pretty simple, like "If you don't want them to hear you say it, they will not only hear it but repeat it." Also, "If all else fails to ...

Listen, I don't think I'm a good mom, and I've failed to follow every summer activity list I've ever cut out of a magazine. We're an awesome house. But we're a crazy house. At first I thought I should...

Senior Paris Varnier was born without a left hand. Prosthetic hands can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars depending on what they can do and what they look like. This has inhibited her from getting...

In case you forgot, the new distracted driving law kicks into effect in Washington State on July 23rd. As parents we need to be aware of this law for ourselves, but also for our young drivers. Make su...

Not all of us know how it feels to lose a child, but many women do - and I don't know how, but somehow their hearts continue to beat. This story making its way around the internet is absolutely amazin...

Our oldest two children went straight from high school to university. This is, of course, what most students do. Students taking a gap year, however, is becoming more and more common. Gap years are ac...