Authors Posts by Mid-Michigan Moms
Mid-Michigan Moms
We’re All Full-Time Moms
Recently, I learned that a friend had given her notice at work and was going to become a stay-at-home mom: the right choice for her family, just as my choice to work has always...
Parenting Joys: My Son’s 5th Birthday
Have you ever had a moment where your entire world shifted on its axis & nothing would ever be the same?
That moment for me was 11:42pm on Saturday, October 26, 2013. The minute my...
A Clean House is a Happy House: 5 Tips to Keeping it Clean All...
Moving from a teeny tiny one bedroom apartment to a larger living space showed me quickly just how much this upgrade was going to cost me in my cleaning time. I loved our new...
10 Realistic Baby Registry Recommendations
As my firstborn son will be two this month, I've recently been reflecting on his birth and all of the things I've learned and experienced since becoming a new mom. I remember researching a...
Weaning Woes
Because I am on the emotional roller coaster that is motherhood, I decided to share this picture I took during the year I nursed my youngest. You can see right into his heart, can’t...
Dear Teenage Daughter, What Do I Know?
Dear Teenage Daughter,
I want you to know that I see you, I truly see you. I see how amazing you are. Although you don’t reveal your character intentionally to me on a daily basis,...
One for the Wives: Sometimes Marriage is Hard Work
I'm sitting here hesitating to write. I'm always so careful what I say to be kind and respectful but above all biblical. However today, the day before my birthday after a horrible week, and...
10 Tips to Encourage Struggling or Reluctant Readers
If each shiny, silver strand on my head had a name there'd be several named Reading Battles. I never imagined I'd struggle with my own kid to read.
I have a Bachelor's with an English major...
Dear Daycare Providers: Thank You
Dear Daycare providers,
Thank you.
Thank you for smiling in the morning at drop off when I am crying, no balling, as I leave with you my heart. My heart outside of my body in...














