Thank goodness for the #teamNFC program at National Fitness Center offering so many #Fitness4Mom options! I’m hopeful that being part of this program can improve my quality of life. If you’d like to improve yours too, give NFC a visit! I don’t have time to exercise. I can’t afford a gym membership. I’ll never look […]
We love, nurture, teach, correct and guide our little ones into the world. We laugh, cry and pray over them. We speak up about injustices in the world – for them. We hope to transfer some speck of knowledge, some scrap of heritage, some wisdom he or she can use. Perhaps this happens in […]
Maybe you’re expecting a baby or shopping for the children you already have. You need to buy a crib mattress, food storage containers and toys. You want to keep your baby’s play spaces comfy and clean. You ought to be able to assume all of these products meet some measure of long-term safety for your […]
Are you planning for a first baby in 2015 or beyond? Congratulations! As you might have anticipated, your world will be turning into a wonderfully different, more brightly colored version of what you’ve experienced so far. Here are a few ideas for preparing for a baby to rock your world: Managing Your Fertility: As you […]
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Have you ever felt intimidated to try something and then after doing so realized you’d been missing out on something great? That’s how I feel about the #2WeekChallenge I just tried with the #Mamavation community! I knew Mamavation was a super-popular online community with some pretty intense fitness challenges for women. Being neither perfectly fit […]
First steps, piano recitals, college acceptance letters…so many milestones are worthy of celebration for families. This week we collectively celebrate motherhood and all that it means. Motherhood is more than the quaintness we sometimes turn it into on Mother’s Day. It’s a reason for action — for wanting to make the world a better place […]
Modern motherhood has gotten complicated. Conveniences make it easier. New threats make it harder. And at the end of the day, no one advocates more strongly for children than does a mother. Motherhood has tugged people from all around the nation to gather at the capital demanding safer chemicals now! Every one of these concerned […]
Humble gifts of beads and handcrafted items, sharing of food and blessings, a quiet setting…all are part of a tradition for new mothers that pre-dates typical baby showers. When friends gathered for a Blessing Way in anticipation of Robin Jones Alley’s second home birth, I was honored to be invited. The setting was the garden of […]
A concerned husband who wants his children to grow up healthy. A wife worried about her husband’s mysterious allergies. A former BBC filmmaker finding a painfully personal connection between toxins and the loss of her unborn baby. A movie star compelled to share her passion for healthy living. A young woman whose struggle with infertility […]
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.