This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center. The rain held off on an overcast fall day for runners and riders to explore a popular trail in downtown Knoxville. It was the inaugural Rollin’ On Rocky Top 5K for Ainsley’s Angels of East Tennessee. Ambassador Angie Lanciano had spent months […]
This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center. How do you enjoy making a splash? As summer draws to an end and we find less time to spend in the sunny outdoors, the indoor pools give our family more ways to keep moving together. Here are 5 reasons my family […]
This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center. How does your family enjoy playing together in the summer? What would your kids do for fun if they weren’t on the couch or on their phones? Seems like all of our families struggle sometimes to keep our kids active enough. This […]
Life is hard enough for kids born into this world who are completely healthy and have an instant loving home. Not always the way it works for little ones. I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to cover stories at WVLT about kids with special needs, in need of caring parents who can provide the attention […]
This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center. Maybe you are still in the sleep deprived state of parenthood, with an infant who wakes for nightly feedings or a preschooler who is learning the independence of sleeping in his or her own room. Perhaps as a mother you feel like […]
This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center. The weight of a hard day shows on dozens of faces. They hurriedly get changed into workout attire and line up outside the classroom. All ages, shapes, skin colors and sizes of people from all walks of life pour into the well-lit […]
This post is in cooperation with Stonyfield, in support of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums. Red paper lanterns lead the way to the Temple of the Tiger. A sign indicates the Gibbon Trails at Asian Trek will be complete by 2018. Zoo Knoxville has also announced a new home in the works for its […]
This post is in cooperation with the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center, as part of the #teamNFC program. Waterslides, fountains, lap pools and more provide options for individuals and families are your local fitness center. The end of May is a time of anticipation for the opening of outdoor pools. There, adequate sunscreen can […]
My children had been much younger when I first took them to visit the Creative Discovery Museum in Chattanooga. This spring break, my oldest remembered it as a place she wanted to visit again. They both remembered the water play area visible from outside, with the expansive climbing maze above it. On this visit, the […]
You know how complicated life can be, so I hope you’ll understand my belated open letter to you about why this blog has been so quiet over the past year or so. I’m still here, and I’m so glad you are too. I hope life has been treating you well. Have you ever gone through […]
Anne is a mother, wife and independent journalist blogging about carrying on the best of Grandma’s traditions while improving on what we know better.