Mid-Michigan Moms

When the coronavirus pandemic started setting in, impacting our daily lives, I pulled out an unused notebook and started chronicling it. I wrote down what was going on through my eyes as it played out so that one day my...

Isolation feeds my depression. Inside of it, I wallow and the emptiness drags me deeper and deeper into a hole of hopelessness and sorrow.  It is in that deep, dark place of loneliness, where I lose my every will to...

What is it about tacos that make them so delicious?? Spicy, fresh salsa, creamy avocado slices, or warm, tender tortillas? Perhaps the infinite combination of components that makes them the perfect meal for almost anyone!

If we've learned anything thus far in life, it is to never stop learning. Never stop learning how to do, to be, to feel, to think, to act, and to teach. While it is vastly important for us as adults and parents to teach and guide our children to be kind, inclusive, respectful, and empathetic citizens, it is also incredibly important for us to take a look in the mirror and within to ensure we are inclusive, kind, respectful, and empathetic citizens.

While summer is not officially here, it seems as though summer weather is! And with warm, sunny days, our winter and spring footwear is not going to cut it. We need shoes that can go from the bonfire to...

I always knew I wanted just two kids. I grew up with a brother who was fifteen months older than I was and I wanted that for my future children: a close-in-age sibling so they could grow up together...

Whether you like yours glazed, filled with custard or topped with sprinkles, nuts, or sugar - National Donut Day is a fun day for kids (and parents!) to celebrate and learn a bit of history!

On a Thursday morning a visitor arrives at our door. There was much anticipation for this visit. Not only because we haven’t had many people at our house recently due to the stay-at-home order, but because of who was...

The rain was dripping down the windows and everyone’s moods matched the gray and dreary weather outside. We all woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day, the umpteenth crisis-schooling day, and seemed unable to shake...