Tag: parenting

Making Your House Work for You: Siblings Sharing a Room

When I imagined having kids, I always wanted them to share a room. To be together for as long as they could. Sure, I...

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...

Three Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About Adoption

When my husband and I started down the path to adoption, we encountered a firehose of information. Once we matched and brought our little...

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...

I Wish Someone Had Told Me… About The Emotions of Parenting

Parenthood comes with big emotions.   Wait, did you think I was going to talk about my kids’ emotions? Nope. My kids have plenty of...

I Want Gritty Kids, but I am Their Biggest Obstacle

I am writing this from a makeshift greenroom as my son shoots a commercial for a local news station. I am literally pacing between...
Following Roads Less Traveled - Richmond Moms Blog

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...

I’m Sorry, Mom :: An Empathetic Apology Decades Later

Mom, I owe you many apologies, I'm sure! But this one keeps coming back to me every time I fall sick now.  You probably don't...