Moms are used to being the carrier of all the things, especially when their kids are young. Oddly enough, I finetuned my everyday carry essentials in 2020 when we rarely left the house. Here is a breakdown of my...
Getting outside is a must for this mama, but recently I’ve felt the need to get out and away a bit further, a bit more remote.
(I did spend a summer living in the Rocky Mountains in a teepee in...
I'm not a mom who is good at playing pretend. Things I’m happy to do: puzzles, board games, coloring, reading - I’m all in. But ask me to one-side a conversation with a teddy bear, de-escalate a tense situation...
As much as I love the meaning, magic, and joy of Christmas, I can't help but find more fun in the lesser holidays. Valentine's Day is full of hearts, hugs, candy, and pink; Groundhog's Day is a chance to...
Family-owned, Spicer's Music, opened their doors eight years ago with the desire to enrich the Auburn-Opelika community through music. When stepping into Spicer’s Music you will find a full retail store with an emphasis on a song based approach...
I’ve said it before, but one of my main goals of motherhood is to create a childhood that feels magical and special and to curate an environment that yields openness and creativity. Holidays have a good bit of all...
Big Box stores started to sell Christmas items in early October this year; this seems earlier every year. We are constantly bombarded with buy me messages. Ads are everywhere—YouTube, Facebook, television, radio, mail, magazines, newspapers, websites, billboards. Even our...
For the past two years, I've hosted a Christmas cookie swap in our home: Everyone arrives with a few dozen homemade cookies, spreads them out on the table, and gathers around talking and sampling. There are kid crafts, a...
My mother hates Halloween. I’ve trick or treated one time in my life and it was before a sleepover with a friend in middle school. I went dressed as an Indian woman and wore a sari because that’s the...
Halloween is almost here and, as with most things this year, we are not back to “normal”. If you are feeling iffy about going door-to-door, keep reading for some fun alternatives to schlepping kids up and down the road...
Parenthood
“Attitude Reflects Leadership”
The movie Remember the Titans resonates with me on many levels. Like Coach Bill Yoast's daughter, I was nine years old when integration was...
