Before and After: A New Normal

      Life can be oh-so-different after having kids.  I don’t think I was truly prepared for the changes that our first son would bring to our lives.  My husband and I naively thought that we could fit our son into our lives.  Wow, is that not...

Thoughts on Teacher Gifts: Part II

We’ve already talked about gifts for teachers (yay gift cards), so what about how you present teacher gifts. I have spent hours on Pinterest over the years to come up with ideas for creative cards for teachers as room mom. Mainly, I’m looking for ideas where kids can...

Mompowerment interview update

I try to give an update on interviews or share things I’m learning from interviews about this time each month. Recently, I interviewed a mom about her experience. I’ve known her since grad school – 14 years – but I didn’t know her story about moving to part-time until...