Parenting Wisdom

There are a plethora of articles out there about ways to help your kids learn, how to create safe learning spaces, and how to give yourself grace as you navigate homeschooling. But I was looking for something different; I...

I had planned on writing this post this summer as a way to improve your child's independence through visuals and, at the same time, decrease arguments and power struggles. But it is likely that during this quarantine you will...

No one said it would be easy to raise a child with Down syndrome. And it definitely isn’t. But in the five years of raising our daughter, Claire, it has been rewarding beyond measure. Claire has brought so many...

"You look great! Have you lost weight?" "Oh look at how tall you've gotten! You're almost taller than me now!" "You're so cute and little. I wish I were as tiny as you." We've all heard the comments — and made the...

My dad is a farmer. Busy, hard working, stoic. You know the type. He's from Western North Dakota and from a different generation. Put all those together and you can probably surmise that oodles of affection, hugs and smooches, and saying,...

When I was younger I had very specific ideas about what my birth plan and motherhood would be like. We would start a family in our mid-twenties and be done having babies by 30. We would have two or...

One evening while using my time to mindlessly scroll Facebook, I saw a snapshot of a Twitter post that read, “Are you healed or are you distracted?” Well. Call the police please because I am being targeted by a stranger...

My firstborn recently turned one and it left me feeling equally excited and sad at the same time. I am so proud of our little squish and it really has been a whirlwind as these months have flown by. As...

Foster Care. Those two little words came to my mind often when I began to build my family. My husband Travis and I were in our second year of marriage and had a 2-year-old daughter. Being adopted as a baby,...

Has this warmer winter got you thinking ahead to summer? There are so many fun summer activity opportunities, and every Spring I wonder how we'll fit them all in. One activity that I always prioritize for my kids is swimming...