Tag Archives: Mothering Well

In some parts of the country summer break is nearly over. Here in the Pacific Northwest we've barely reached the halfway point. Many parents dread the refrain of "I'm bored!" coming from their kids, b...

Just as fast as summer seemed to all of a sudden arrive, we will soon find ourselves approaching a new school year. For most of us, there were three school years of uneasiness. Schools shutting down t...

Moms put in a lot of effort to keep things running smoothly. This is true all year long, but summertime sure has the potential to add a layer of chaos to even the most well-intentioned, well organized...

A lot of learning happens in the summer, and it can happen without any planning on your part. I see moms today filling their kids' summers with back-to-back activities, lessons, and camps, and I feel ...

You've probably heard the warnings that it is essential we know what is in the sunscreen we are using. EWG (Environmental Working Group) is an organization that puts together helpful information each ...

As moms, there is never a season that comes with actual slowness or relaxation. Summer might be the closest to fit that category but it's still full of stress and business with the kids out of school....

A year ago I re-entered the traditional workforce. 5 days, 40 hours, in an actual office outside of the home. And many of my coworkers are child-free. This is a new experience for me because over the ...

I want to preface this with... I suck at keeping my car clean. But something told me that there are at least a few other moms out there who do too, so I did my due diligence and scoured the internet, ...

Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different... -C.S. Lewis Before I had kids, I greatly underestimated how fast time would really go and how quickly ...

My sister and I went out to lunch with my daughter and granddaughter the other day. As the meal progressed, we realized that our roles had flipped, and suddenly my sister and I were the children, and ...