May 28, 2023 | Adults, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Shawntelle Minear, Her Meetups, Organizer Have you ever noticed the term “Supermom” gets thrown around like confetti? Yet if you ask a lot of moms, they will tell you they feel anything but super. Have you ever stopped to think about what people think...
May 20, 2023 | Babies, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders My second-born daughter, who is now 11 months old, is the happiest little baby. If you saw her you’d never guess this poor kid has had pretty much all the common baby health issues – and some not so common. I want to lead this blog to...
May 15, 2023 | From the Heart, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd “OOOOOHHHHHHHH, Daddy, LOOOOOK! I found the SUNSHINE SPRINKLES!! Just LOOK! Aren’t these Sunshine Sprinkles beautiful? I LOVE them! YAY for SUNSHINE SPRINKLES!” I was grocery shopping when I heard these words enthusiastically...
May 14, 2023 | Adults, Babies, By Stage, Elementary Age, From the Heart, Holidays, Just for Moms, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool
By the TMoM Team Members As a site built and ran by mothers, it only seems logical to ask the TMoM team about their motherhood thoughts. Each member answered two questions that highlighted their motherhood experience. It is the hope of the whole team that you enjoy,...
May 13, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Babies, Bereavement, From the Heart, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member JamillahNeeairah Nasir (Mama J) Mother’s Day is traditionally a time of celebration for the love and dedication of mothers, grandmothers, and mother figures. We envision reservations for brunch haphazardly prepared by happy little hands,...
May 12, 2023 | Babies, Camps, Elementary Age, Friday Finds, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Parent & Child Groups / Support Groups, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children, Sports, Sports, Art & Enrichment, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Sandy Harper In today’s Friday Finds: You’re Invited to the Dash’s Princess Tea Party Check Out the Recently Updated Mom Groups Directory Are You Pregnant or Have a Newborn? Have You Signed Up for Summer Camp Yet? Happy Mother’s...
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...
Apr 27, 2023 | Adults, Elementary Age, Entertaining, Family Time, From the Heart, Pop Culture, Books & Movies, Teens & Tweens
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd Books and movies have been two of my favorite things for as long as I can remember. When I was young, I remember being especially excited when one of my beloved books became a movie. Several such titles that immediately come to...
Apr 20, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, From the Heart, Hot Topics, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller When I think back on my life before kids, I’m always in awe of how much TIME I had. Time to wash, blow dry, and style my hair DAILY. (WHAT???) Time to make an involved recipe on a Tuesday evening. Time to be with friends, often last...
Apr 17, 2023 | Babies, Bereavement, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Rainbow baby. Do you know this term? If you do, then it has likely directly impacted you and you probably have or are hoping for a rainbow baby yourself. Until October 2021, I had never really put much thought into that term or truly...
Mar 23, 2023 | Babies, Elementary Age, Entertaining, Family Time, From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recreation, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd An older friend once shared some advice that significantly impacted me as a parent: go ahead and play that game. She was essentially telling me to never pass up an opportunity to play with my children. She went on to say that the...
Mar 22, 2023 | Food & Nutrition, From the Heart, Just for Dads, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Jay Callahan From 2015-2019, I drove around a white Volkswagen minivan and tried to give back to the community of Greater Winston-Salem in a little way through The Man Van. Then in 2019, we sold the minivan and more importantly, our third child,...
Mar 16, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, From the Heart, Non Profits, Winston-Salem
By Avery Thomas, American Heart Association Dust off your ball gown and tux for a night on the town for the American Heart Association’s 2023 Triad Heart Ball! This event is on Friday, April 21 at Legacy Stables and Events in Winston-Salem.The Heart Ball celebrates...
Mar 13, 2023 | Adults, Elementary Age, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Here’s a topic I find myself thinking about often as a parent to young children. How can I best set each of my kids up for success when it comes to having a healthy body image? This feels like a daunting task being, you know, a human in...
Mar 5, 2023 | -, Elementary, Elementary Age, Family Time, From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Tracy Huneycutt The many stressors that resulted from the Covid pandemic have increased our collective awareness of the mental health of our youth. There are many children and teenagers in our nation experiencing feelings of anxiety, loneliness, and...
Feb 24, 2023 | Adults, Babies, By Stage, Camps, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Friday Finds, From the Doctor, From the Heart, Greensboro, Health, Helpful Lists & Directories, Info about Our Website, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Pregnancy & Babies, Private Schools, Recreation, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders In today’s Friday Finds: Multidisciplinary Team Turns Mysterious Illness into a Diagnosis for Infant Preschool Stay & Play at New Garden Friends School Expecting a Baby? Don’t miss TMoM’s Newborn Resources Directory!...
Feb 23, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, From the Heart, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” – Albert Einstein I’m at an age where I keep forgetting how old I am. Quick math: I was born in August of 1985 and it’s February of 2023 so…yes, I’m currently 37....
Feb 21, 2023 | From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph.D. Here’s the scenario: My children love the playground, and my oldest child really enjoys anything that spins. Therefore, when her sibling spun her around on the playground equipment, she laughed with excitement. Then,...
Feb 14, 2023 | From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By TMoM Team Member Britney Dent Have your children reached that age where they aren’t really “kids” but they aren’t yet adults? If so, you might be facing very different issues than you were when they were little. As a parent, you can help...
Feb 4, 2023 | Elementary Age, Family Time, From the Heart, Holidays, Moms & Dads, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool
By Guest Blogger Tracy Huneycutt This Valentine’s Day, our children will celebrate the holiday with a plethora of chocolates and sweets. Plus, tear-apart cards for school friends, and maybe even small gifts, toys, or stuffed animals. This year, I am committed to...
Feb 2, 2023 | Adults, From the Heart, Homeschooling, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Religion
By Guest Blogger Hannah Tollison Serve. Acknowledge. Give. Those are my tips to feel purposeful, accomplished, useful, and, well, successful. Serve Serving is what I do 24/7. I homeschool two out of four of my kids. Simultaneously, when I’m schooling, you can catch me...
Jan 31, 2023 | Burlington, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Non Profits, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Leslie Isakoff With the school year in full force, finding time to squeeze in required service hours can be tough. Soccer practice, trumpet lessons, Scout meetings, youth group—how can your family possibly fit in one more thing? Breathe easy and check...
Jan 30, 2023 | Adult Children, Adults, From the Heart, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Kelly Nichols Ideas, methods, technology, the pandemic etc. have changed our classrooms, mostly for the better. But there are some things we must never change, the ability to make a sincere connection with other humans. Education is all about people;...
Jan 28, 2023 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Once you become pregnant you’ll find that everyone loves to tell you their parenting stories and often times their parenting advice. Even after the baby is born that continues to stay a constant in parenting chats and get-togethers....
Jan 22, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Family Time, From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Parks & Outdoor Activities
By Guest Blogger Courtney Fleet When one season ends and another begins, it can be hard to find your footing. Maybe you had big goals for last year that you didn’t quite meet. Maybe this year’s resolutions already feel heavy. I find that the best way to combat these...
Jan 21, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Tara Pitts My family and I once had an unexpected hard time with the opportunity to witness amazing goodness. It began when I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. As a busy mother of two young daughters, I had popped into my primary care...
Jan 18, 2023 | Adults, By Stage, Crafts & Hobbies, Elementary Age, Family Time, For the Home, From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd New Year’s resolutions have never worked for me. I gave up the practice of making them years ago after letting my resolve go just a few weeks, or even days, into the new year. Maybe it was that my list was too long or too...
Jan 16, 2023 | Adults, Elementary Age, Family Time, From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph.D. Ahh Winter. A time to hibernate, reflect on the past holiday season, and snuggle with a good book or movie under some warm blankets, preferably by a fire. Yeah right! If children surround you, hibernation will not...
Jan 5, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Tracy Huneycutt “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot I turned 40 this past year. It was a welcome decade to enter. My 20s were spent learning about myself and creating new experiences with friends. I spent the entire...
Jan 2, 2023 | From the Heart, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey In 2022, I purposed to live a life of positive impact and I reviewed with my readers my top 5 suggestions for living our most positive life in various areas such as our careers, family, and community. 2023 is all about thinking big...