Tag: family
Here Comes the Sun
I’ve spent most of the last 6 years living in a proverbial hole.
I was welcomed into motherhood with a baby who screamed for most...
Finding Your Kids’ Currency – What Motivates Them?
I’m not a psychologist (although I am certified to teach psychology), but I love to study human nature. Eleven years spent teaching teenagers and...
The Family Table: Everyday Celebration Collection
Family celebrations are important. Whether it be celebrating something concrete like a birthday or accomplishment at school or celebrating more seemingly everyday moments like...
It Takes A Village When Momma Is Down For The Count
I am currently preparing for reasonably major surgery.
As the main caregiver for my 6 and 3-year-old children, this has turned out to be...
A Letter To My Sensitive Child
To my dear, sensitive child;
At first, I didn’t want to use that word sensitive. Sometimes people use sensitive as an insult - they say things...
A Slow Season: A Mother Missing Her Mom in January
A mother’s year ebbs and flows with the seasons.
School semesters, sports teams, birthdays, holidays, vacations, sickness.
But all the seasons are busy ones, and none...
Following Roads Less Traveled
Our guest post today is from legendary Richmond mom, Kerin Morgan. She has parented 11 children and now enjoys her first 16 grandchildren. Kerin...
Did Parenthood Steal My Brain?
Before I became a mom...well, let’s start it with pregnancy. Before I got pregnant...I was an organized person. I worked my way through college...
A Legacy of Gratitude – What Legacies are We Leaving for...
Moms tell a lot of stories.
We read storybooks at bedtime; we dream up imaginative play; we tell the stories of our childhood memories; we...
RVA Moms Share Stories of Adoption – Share Your Adoption Story!
According to Wikipedia Adoption is
a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in...