I blog about what's on my mind at the moment--getting my children to turn off the TV and get out the playdough, a good pot of soup, my latest sewing project, or how my two year-old pulled my knitting off its needles while my four year-old was wrapping presents in her room with my roll of aluminum foil...you just never know.
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Tired of working her tail off for a big corporation, Cheryl decided to follow her life-long dream and ventured out on her own and created Cherella, an inspiring line of clothing for women.
To celebrate Mother’s Day the TodaysMama staff shares the little life lessons that we learned from the women who helped make us who we are today – our Mamas.
Making sure that my three perennially uncooperative children are dressed, that their lunches and snacks are crammed into their backpacks and that they get to the school bus on time.
Jenny’s 20 year career in social work gave her a unique appreciation for the compelling life stories of ordinary people. At 42 years old, Jenny returned to school to follow her new passion – documentary filmmaking. Her film, Kick Like a Girl, made a huge impression on the TodaysMama staff - see what keeps this inspiring woman going in our latest Dream Big profile.
My wife, Lael, and I had repeatedly been cautioned by our experienced friends to expect severe, relationship-altering sleep loss after the birth of our daughter. The truth was, though, that we looked forward to the challenge.
It’s only February, but already my kids have lost their gloves. Not only the ones I bought for them this year, but their gloves from last year too, as well as all the mismatched pairs of mittens I’ve dug out of the basement for them and the gloves they “borrowed” from the school’s lost and found.
A lifelong passion for photography came into focus for Jackelin when the birth of her first child inspired her to build a business that caters to capturing the most dynamic subjects of all – children.
When March hits and I’ve had it with Winter, the first thing I reach for is a bottle of bright nail polish to paint my toes. Sometimes I’m even so sick of covering up that I pull out the open-toed shoes when the slush is still four inches deep--like I can change the weather with the Force of Footwear.