By: Shannon Porter The Gift I Thought I Was Giving My Kids Moms are amazing, we can multitask like a boss and cross things off our to-do lists with finesse. On an average evening in our home you might find me cooking in the kitchen ; which more than likely meant I lost a…
By: Sarah Meikle/ What Makes your Family Strong Strengthening Families through The Five Protective Factors Our next three Parent Network Meetings will be centered around the Strengthening Families Framework and the Five Protective Factors that make your family strong. We encourage you to register for all three sessions, to get a better understanding of the Strengthening…
Are you looking for festive events and activities for your family’s Holiday Bucket List? I thought it would be nice to share a list of some of the awesome things we can do, right here in Lenawee County! The Second Annual City of Adrian/County Christmas Tree Lighting in front of the Lenawee County Courthouse will be…
By Michael Miller / St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Paincourtville, Louisiana, is an unassuming brick building with a modern metal roof and a smattering of trees providing scant shade in its parking lot. Inside, it is an overwhelming architectural achievement — 50 stained glass images of saints and the Passion, statues of key figures…
By Steven Burnett / On June 1st, our last daughter graduated from high school. The following weekend, all of her older sisters were home for the graduation party. Because it is rare to have them all together at once, we try to get some pictures of the sisters together. As I watched this activity unfold,…
Brooke Borton shares a reflection after spending a few weeks with her newborn. I was sitting on the couch this morning, baby asleep in my arms, trying to come up with a clever Facebook status to post about the multitude of baby fluids present on my shirt and sweatpants. I could say something about seeing…
Parents and Families: Opportunity is knocking! You can help the young children in your life build a strong foundation for movement and physical activity! In fact, YOU are a very important piece of that foundation. You are their role model.
“Ugh!” you may say, “Enough with the role modeling demands!” I know, I know… But listen to this:
It took FOREVER to convince my husband to get a dog. I started moaning about my desire for animal companionship around the time we got married, 16 ½ years ago. He and I both worked long hours, and I selfishly wanted a waggly tailed puppy to greet me at the door when I came home. …
I don’t know how it works around the world but in the Midwest we have our own style. Field trip fun days are no exception. On October 15th of this year my son enjoyed his first ever field trip at our local Carpenter Farms. Usually open the 2nd weekend of September until October 31, Carpenter…
One of the worst thing a parent can do is compare themselves to another parent, especially a celebrity parent. We see it more than ever now, celebrities toting their children—some biological, some adopted—as their latest accessory. It can be very easy for us ‘everyday’ parents to find ourselves wondering just how they manage to have…