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Announcing LTYM Boulder 2018 Auditions!

by Stephanie | Jan 19, 2018 | LTYM Boulder | 0 Comments

It is our pleasure to announce Boulder's Listen To Your Mother Show 2018 Auditions! The LTYM Boulder show this year will take place on Saturday, May 5th, and although that may feel like light-years away during the long weeks of January, it will be here before you know...

Save the Date for Listen To Your Mother Boulder 2018!

by Stephanie | Jan 10, 2018 | LTYM Boulder | 1 Comment

Thank you so much for supporting the Listen to Your Mother show the past several seasons! Your ticket purchases helped raise over $28,000 nationwide for charities last year, including Boulder’s Emergency Family Assistance Association. LTYM has raised a total of...

This Christmas I Will Not Have a Meltdown

by Stephanie | Dec 21, 2017 | family life, funny, motherhood, parenting | 7 Comments

I mean, maybe. Maybe I won't have a meltdown this year. I hope not. I want to make a solemn vow not to, but . . . let's be realistic. Tonight I posted this update on my Mommy, for Real Facebook page If you are angry that your invisible work goes unnoticed, I see you....

5 Reasons I Love Stitch Fix for Moms

by Stephanie | Nov 20, 2017 | Your Best Self | 0 Comments

I think I'm going to make a master list of all the things I blatantly made fun of was skeptical to try that I now love. Friends, it's a long list. As one who approaches trends with trepidation and perhaps even a misguided superiority, I am usually a pretty harsh...

So You Want To Go Gluten Free? Start Here.

by Stephanie | Nov 13, 2017 | Your Best Self | 4 Comments

It has been nearly four months since I went gluten free, and aside from a few "accidental glutenings" (glutened is totally a verb now), I have stuck with it completely. And at the risk of sounding dramatic, it has completely changed my life. If you haven't read my...

Why Are We All Drowning?

by Stephanie | Nov 9, 2017 | family life, motherhood | 3 Comments

I stood at my kitchen island, wiping spilled food off my to-do list, staring at my weekly meal plan, and feeling the biggest case of déjà vu ever. Hadn't I just been standing here, frantically stirring something on the stove and scanning my list to identify the latest...

What Happened When I Went Gluten Free

by Stephanie | Oct 12, 2017 | family life | 21 Comments

Almost three months ago my husband and I decided to go gluten free. Just for a few weeks, at first, to see what would happen. We both have a lot of joint pain and stiffness, and we knew gluten often causes inflammation, so we wanted to see how removing it from our...

Finding Out

by Stephanie | Oct 3, 2017 | family life, parenting | 2 Comments

"I know Daddy is my Tooth Fairy," she told me. *** I remember finding out, sitting in the bathroom of our Midwest ranch home, crying brokenheartedly. My mom answered my questions honestly, and like most kids, I found out about all three in one sitting: Santa, The...

How to Have a Great Time at Disneyland With Kids (Without the Stress!)

by Stephanie | Sep 6, 2017 | family life, parenting | 2 Comments

Want to have a great time at Disneyland with your kids? With a little knowledge and some planning, you can have a stress-free Disney vacation.

Summer Vacation: Pictured/Not Pictured

by Stephanie | Aug 20, 2017 | family life, funny | 2 Comments

If you know me or have read any of my previous summer posts, you know that I LOVE summer. For real. But that doesn't mean that my summer isn't filled with moments that are memorable for um, not-so-magical reasons. Because, kids. So, shout-out to the old school...