Jul 10, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, From the Doctor, Health, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Gray Moulton, LMFT, CST Therapist Creating and developing a lasting marriage is hard work. Think back. You and your partner met in college. Your eyes locked across the room and the butterflies in your stomach went crazy. Before each date you would get...
Oct 1, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Greensboro, Health, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Kalie Moore, LPCA, clinical therapist at Wynns Family Psychology Have you ever wondered what happened to the “spark” in your relationship? Or why the emotional chasm between the two of you just seems to keep getting bigger, no matter what you do? Even...
Aug 19, 2019 | Adults, By Stage, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Anna Keller Long before I became pregnant with my now-toddler, I worried about what having a child would mean for my relationship with my husband. Kevin and I had always split housework evenly, including tasks like grocery shopping, cooking, laundry,...
Dec 1, 2018 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Health, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Our Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) team is excited to partner with Triad Moms on Main on this blog series. In this series, we offer general guidance to relationship or family...
Sep 3, 2018 | Adults, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Our Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) team is excited to partner with Triad Moms on Main on this blog series. In this series, we offer general guidance to relationship or family...
Apr 16, 2018 | Adult Health & Wellness, Health, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Our Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) team is excited to partner with Triad Moms on Main on this blog series. In this series, we offer general guidance to relationship or family...
Nov 30, 2016 | From the Heart, Hot Topics, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Suzanne Danhauer 2015 was one of the most painful years of my life. I never want to repeat it, and at the same time I am intensely grateful for it. We had been married 13 years. We had two high-demand careers, 4 young boys, packed schedules, and lots...
Dec 12, 2015 | Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Juan Santos M.S., CRC, LPCA On most cases you married before having kids, and more often than not, you and your spouse will find a day that your sweet child will leave the nest. The time frame that takes place between your child(s) early years of...
Oct 1, 2015 | Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Kathryn Sneed, author of Singing Through the Rain blog I recently polled some of my friends on Facebook and asked, “When you hear the words ‘marriage counseling’ what comes to mind?” Some had negative thoughts about it,...
Nov 3, 2014 | Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Carolyn Flaherty, author of Wicked Sexy Smart The best insight I have been given about marriage came from my mother. She told me, “There are times you will love your husband more than anyone else in the entire world and there are times you’ll hate him...
Sep 25, 2023 | Adults, Babies, Elementary Age, Family Time, From the Heart, Humor, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Working Parents
By Lindsay Pace A few years ago I became uncharacteristically hooked on a show called Naked and Afraid. I was reluctant to watch a show with Naked in the title, feeling fed up with the tactics of using sex/sexuality to gain viewers. For whatever reason, I gave it a...
Sep 2, 2023 | Adults, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Marriage & Couples
By Guest Blogger Tracy Huneycutt I turn 44 in September. I feel like I have reached the halfway mark in life. While that feels bittersweet, I have also started to embrace aging with a more confident mindset than I had in my younger years. I consider myself to be very...
Jun 5, 2023 | Adults, Books, Supplies & Gear, Entertaining, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Pop Culture, Books & Movies
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd I hope you have a very large pool bag! Large enough to hold towels, sunscreen, snacks AND a few of these recently released great summer reads highlighted below! Whether you delve into fun stories while dipping your toes in a...
Apr 29, 2023 | Family Time, From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Thea DeLoreto, author of the blog The Lint Trap I didn’t know it would be this hard. It is just keeping small humans alive. A little food, some milk, water, get them out of the house regularly, and they should be good to go. Right? RIGHT? But it...
Dec 11, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative One of my friends is an extreme negative Nelly. There is rarely a conversation that we have where she does not complain or whine about something. If her husband brings...
Nov 7, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Burlington, By Location, By Stage, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Dana Petrunich “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in the baby carriage” I happily hummed this tune throughout my childhood. Carrying baby dolls around and holding any baby that I could. This was going to be my life – a mommy!...
Oct 26, 2022 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Alisha Bisbee, MS, CSW, LPC Three babies and seven years of marriage later, I found myself saying no to so many things that I wanted to say yes to. I talked myself out of everything. I had a long line of excuses ready to go in my mind whenever I...
Sep 6, 2022 | Education, Elementary, From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Just for Moms, Middle School, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Elizabeth Sasso Smith It is the beginning of the school year and sign-up sheets are everywhere you turn. Join the PTA, the boosters, be a room parent, a committee chair. The potential demands on your time, on top of new schedules will be intense....
Apr 19, 2022 | Just for Moms, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Anonymous For twelve years, I was the only parent in the home. I was married, and another adult lived there. But I was still the only parent. If a child puked, it was me who held that child and cleaned up the mess. It was also me who woke up with a child in the...
Feb 5, 2022 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Megan E. Spidell, Family Law Attorney & Foster Parent With the increasing rates of infertility and increasing number of children in foster care in the United States, many couples (and individuals) are considering adoption. Did you know that...
Jan 14, 2022 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Karen Cooper Some brave souls set out with the clear intention of being a single mom, but not many. In my case, I didn’t choose the single mom life…the single mom life chose me! After a 10 year (not-so-happy) marriage, I found myself divorced with...
Oct 21, 2021 | Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Juan Santos M.S., CRC, LCMHC At least once a week, I sit with my son and daughter individually. I ask them, do you feel that I am a good dad to you? I do this because I can only see what my eyes see and feel what my heart feels. I give them space to...
Oct 20, 2021 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Legal & Financial, Local Resources, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Anonymous I was working my way through a yoga workout after a week of intense weight-lifting and soreness. I’m never flexible, and on that Sunday morning, I was struggling with severe pain in my back. I also had to go to the bathroom, but there were only ten...
Oct 16, 2021 | Family Time, Helpful Lists & Directories, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Religion
By TMoM Team Member Rachel Hoeing Are you looking for a church to call “home?” We asked our readers to share their favorite place of worship with us and have compiled them below. We hope this will help those of you who may be new to the area as well as...
Oct 9, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, Burlington, Children's Health & Wellness, Elementary Age, Greensboro, Health, Helpful Lists & Directories, High Point, Kernersville, Local Resources, Teens & Tweens, Teens & Tweens Directories, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Katie Moosbrugger This directory is sponsored by Santos Counseling PLLC, a counseling practice that helps anxious kids, distant couples, and struggling families. Counselors specialize in relationship counseling, family therapy, counseling for kids...
Jul 17, 2021 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Amelia Caudle Although my husband and I just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary (gulp!!), I can still remember what it felt like to be newly married and planning the rest of our lives together. I have to chuckle at the word...
May 1, 2021 | Crafts & Hobbies, Education, Elementary, Family Time, For the Home, Homeschooling, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Parks & Outdoor Activities, Recreation
By Guest Blogger Ashley Quinn Kibby When we moved to North Carolina from Michigan in 2019, one of the Southern-living perks I was most excited about was the long growing season. Compared to Detroit, where it snowed on my twins’ birth in mid-April, Greensboro offered...
Apr 12, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Ashley Quinn Kibby While I was pregnant with my twins, I read many books and articles written for mothers of multiples. Some good, some horrible, many functional, mostly instructional, with contents covering sleeping, napping, nursing, wrapping,...
Feb 5, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Health, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Tracy Huneycutt I have read several articles in recent weeks contesting the success of intermittent fasting, a dietary lifestyle which has gained momentum in recent years. As someone who is actively participating in intermittent fasting and enjoys...
Dec 11, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd “The sirens went off — Hurry! Hide! My mom, super preggo with me and almost ready to burst, held my father’s hand as he held my brother in his arms. Together, they ran for shelter as the bombs steadily rained down.”...