I have always had a love affair with snail mail. Of course, when I was child it was simply “mail.” Writing notes and letters on pretty paper, putting them in...
Minnesota is a winter wonderland. Rochester sees an average of 48 snowfall inches a winter. I grew up just outside of Chicago and was no stranger to brutal midwest winters...
Raising kids is so hard. As moms, we are constantly bombarded with what it takes to be a “good mom” and with what perfect kids should act like. The truth...
Let me start with: No hate for the Baby Bjorn-ers! It just did not work for me, I needed something that could be worn comfortably for extended periods of time...
Our days can seem to fill themselves. While family vacations, afternoons at the park, and movie dates are great ways to relax, we need to make even small connections in...
If my Facebook feed is representative of the world at large (and it is, right?), two things seem to happen during National Adoption Month. People wax poetic about the beauty...
Neither my husband nor I grew up in Rochester, so without much exposure to any of the local schools, we went into evaluating preschools blindly. Every school we toured had...
