by Stephanie | Jan 5, 2017 | motherhood
On New Year’s Eve, a six-year-old boy went missing in Colorado. His body was just identified yesterday; he was found in a nearby pond. This is devastating news. “Every parent’s worst nightmare,” the news stories always say when these things...
by Stephanie | Nov 13, 2016 | family life, motherhood
Dear Fellow Fifth Grade Moms, I’ve been wanting to talk to you for a long time. I’ve had questions about whether or not you allow your girls to use certain apps, how you plan to talk to them about sex, what you think about academic achievement and...
by Stephanie | Nov 9, 2016 | motherhood
Oh, my sweet, beautiful girls. How I want you to live in a world where you feel safe, where you feel valued, where you don’t feel diminished or sexualized or disrespected. How I want you to live in a world where kindness and oneness overcomes ignorance and...
by Stephanie | Oct 11, 2016 | family life, motherhood, parenting
Today I am sharing the piece I read in Listen To Your Mother Boulder 2016; it’s a story of my single parent years and my identity crisis as a mother. If you haven’t heard the news, this is the LAST year for Listen To Your Mother, and I am thrilled to be...
by Stephanie | Sep 16, 2016 | family life, parenting
I am no goddess of Pinterest. Crafts give me cold sweats. I’ve never been Room Mom, or even contributed a clever, creative snack to a class party. But after ten years of parenting, I finally pulled off an epic themed birthday party for my oldest daughter: An...
by Stephanie | Sep 11, 2016 | family life, motherhood
She is ten now, and we have just wrapped up the most fantastic, elaborate, and detail-oriented birthday party I have ever thrown in my decade of parenting. So satisfied with myself am I that, after the last parent picked up their child at 9:30 p.m., I requested that...
