Mom Sqaud Contributor: Laura Wagnar
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, many of us are looking for ways to give back! My friend and fellow Junior Leaguer, Deanna has asked for me to share some ideas about how you may be able to show love to...
“Follow your passion — and if you don’t know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.” —Oprah Winfrey
I started my career working in major, corporate public relations agencies and loved the mix of experiences, the opportunity...
As we come into the last two months of 2020, it is sometimes hard to think about planning forward. Our lives from March 2020 look very different from today! However, life continues and we must find ways to adapt to this new normal. I have...
It was around June that I realized that my 3 kids would most likely not be going back to school in person. I don't really know how to feel about this, just as with so many things with this pandemic. One day I am excited...
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending some time with my friend, Ciji Townsend, Chief Motivator at Balanced Not Busy, to talk about balance, families and finding the ways to make it all work! The Balanced Not Busy website describes it as "a lifestyle. A...
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
~Robert Breault
To all my moms! The things you love to do but have decided you are too….old,too tired or it's not a mom to do -...
I have thought a lot about how my grandmothers would have approached COVID and there are few things that they made a part of her everyday life - a slower and less complicated life - that would have served them well during COVID.
The House Dress...
Our life pre-March 15 was full of hustle and bustle and our summer was set to be very much the same. Our normal June is filled with swim and dive practice and long nights spent dodging thunderstorms to get in the meets. Friday nights spent with friends...
We need to model for our kids how to react to stress by coping with anxiety in healthy way. This may be difficult, but here are a few tips that can help you navigate our “new normal.”...
As COVID-19 continues, home may feel like a place to stay versus a place to feel or enjoy. I read a recent Smithsonian Magazine article that resonated with me, “Be it ever so humble, it’s more than just a place. It’s also an idea—one where...