Mom Life

When I turn 40 years old next month, I will be at the halfway point of my life expectancy (for white females in the U.S., anyway). It's hard to hold a mini dance party for myself when friends on Facebook...

We were so thrilled to bring the first ever Bloom event to new and expecting moms in Fargo! About Bloom: BLOOM was an event for 50 new and expecting moms in the Fargo-Moorhead area held on April 17, 2021 at...

When I was pregnant, I heard talk about milestones, but didn’t really give them much thought. At that time, my main concerns were getting to my due date, managing the nasty pain in my pelvis, trying to stay awake past...

My son (and second child) turned six months old recently. I couldn’t believe how hard this milestone hit me. I thought I could never handle having another baby after my daughter was born in 2017. I remember how hard those...

Dear Brand-New Breastfeeding Mama, I'm not going to give you fluff about how magical breastfeeding is. I'm also not going to try to convince you to keep trying, if that's not what's best for you and your baby. I'm not...

Do to others as you would have them do to you. The Golden Rule is a cross-cultural ethical principle throughout the world. We teach our kids to treat others well by considering how they would like to be treated. That’s...

The long running joke in my house on laundry day, is for my husband to pick up something and ask, “Is this yours or K’s?” If he asks our daughter, she will claim it as hers, regardless if that’s true....

I used to think I was a queen at multi-tasking. Productivity was my jam. I was like Super Woman, always checking off as many of those to-do items as possible. However, these days it feels like that Super Woman...

In our family, football is more than a sport. It's a culture, and a tradition that spans across generations. Football season is a lifestyle, full of get-togethers gathered around the television cheering on our team. Or at the stadium, both big...

The hustle and bustle of the winter holidays are finally over. You are probably sitting down and are finally catching your breath from the whirlwind of the past couple of months. Suddenly, you notice the toys overflowing onto your...