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As children, we believe the magic of Christmas is effortless as we float joyfully through all the holiday season brings. Parties and presents, treats and tinsel, family and friends. It comes with a break from school and time to...
This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I am fed up with all of the articles and social media posts telling people to stop asking certain questions or saying certain things. I feel like moms have become an overly...
“Lacy, He’s 10. Don’t you think it’s time?”
“I don’t know. No. Maybe. Probably.”
“If I was 10 and I still believed in Santa Claus, I’d have been the laughing stock of my class.”
“I know. But it’s a big deal to...
Thinking back to my childhood, some of my favorite holidays were the low-key ones at home with our immediate family. My brother and I would wake up intensely early, tiptoe to the living room to take in the magic...
We can hardly believe Mid-Michigan Moms Blog is celebrating its third birthday!
What started as a small group with the goal of building community, has become the go-to online resource for everything parents need in and around the Mid-Michigan area....
The holiday calendar is already filling up. My low-level stress is brewing. You know the kind. It's the pre-stress stress that brews out of an awareness of all that is going to happen even though it hasn’t happened yet....
I had a baby this summer and my first thought the moment he was in my arms was… thank goodness THAT’S over.
When I found out I was likely to be induced, I was upset. Really upset. I’d done...
The teenage years were not my favorite part of growing up.
I’m just going to take a wild guess that parenting a teenager will not be my favorite part of parenting. Teenagers are tough. At home, they’re often emotional, cynical,...
As soon as I found out I was expecting my first child four years ago, my husband and I sat down and discussed what we would do about childcare. We live several states away from our parents, so family...

















