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...
Dec 24, 2022 | Adults, Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Kelly G If you have ever read the children’s book The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, it gives a good picture of what a longer family stay is like: the long journey, the hugging, the crowding, the chore trade-off, the mess of kids getting to know...
Dec 19, 2022 | Elementary Age, From the Heart, Humor, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Ginny Olson, author of the blog MothersRest.com “You failed to tell me how destructive little boys can be. Especially to Christmas ornaments.” That was the message of distress dear Sarah sent me, as she shewed away her male youngins from the holiday...
Dec 13, 2022 | Burlington, By Location, Family Time, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, Just for Moms, Kernersville, Parenting & Family, Winston-Salem, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon I had plans for our Thanksgiving weekend. For once, I had a chunk of time off work, and we were going to spend Friday at a museum in either Greensboro or Raleigh before diving into Christmas decorations on Saturday and Sunday. But when...
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...
Dec 9, 2022 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Carrie Sockwell, author of Our Carolina Home Christmas Eve was my favorite day growing up as a kid. I loved it so much more than Christmas day because of the anticipation and build up of Christmas coming to an overwhelming peak. The excitement of...
Dec 8, 2022 | Babies, Elementary Age, Family Time, From the Heart, Holidays, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller A couple of years ago, we started a new family Christmas tradition. We already had quite a few children’s Christmas books, but I wanted a total of 25 books. I researched our options, visited our local used bookstore (shout-out to...
Dec 7, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Holidays, Just for Moms
By Guest Blogger Alona Orofino The Holidays are often rough when it comes to body image issues. Because our culture at large is weight-centric, it infiltrates our family units. So, as we gather with our friends and family for the Holidays, it’s common to hear lots of...
Dec 3, 2022 | Holidays, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Lisa Witherspoon I hesitated to post this blog for fear that it would offend others and I also did not want readers to think this was the opinion of the TMoM team. The TMoM team assured me that one of the things they like best about running this...
Nov 30, 2022 | Adult Children, Adults, By Stage, Empty Nesters, From the Heart, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Kristen Daukas Raising teenagers can be a challenging experience! However, what if I told you that there is a fantastic payoff at the end that does NOT include grandkids, at least not yet? While I’m still struggling a little bit with being an empty...
Nov 25, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Rebecca Subbiah, RDN Life can be so very hectic these days with work, caring for kids, afternoon activities and trying to juggle it all. Often taking care of ourselves both physically and mentally can go on the back burner. We are very good at taking...
Nov 23, 2022 | Adults, From the Heart, Holidays, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon Ahhh…November. The month of gratitude. Cue the cute social media posts. That are full of gratitude jars, gratitude trees, and gratitude journals for kids who somehow can’t hold a pencil yet. To be clear, I’m not against any of...
Nov 19, 2022 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd “Moms never let go first.” I will never forget my mom speaking these words into my ear as she gave me a huge, especially meaningful hug. She had waited until I saw her in person to share a positive medical report, then gave me...
Nov 17, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Family Time, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Let’s face it: As moms, this time of year is joyful AND very overwhelming. Decking the halls, buying AND wrapping the gifts under the tree, coordinating the festive outings, planning holiday travel, baking the delicious cookies and...
Nov 14, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Food & Nutrition, Health, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Alona Orofino For many years, I saw the Holidays as a food free-for-all. Then come New Year, I would feel gross and happily jump back on the “healthy” train. This pattern was my normal. And it seems to be the norm for a lot of people that I know. But...
Nov 13, 2022 | Adults, Family Time, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Anna Keller Juggling work/life balance can be challenging enough before you become a parent. Once you add “mom” to your list of roles, finding that sweet spot becomes exponentially more difficult. Suddenly, you’re pulled in two distinctly different...
Nov 11, 2022 | Family Time, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Megan Taylor, a writer with Forsyth Family magazine Brazilian writer and singer Paulo Coelho once said: “A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be curious, and to fight tirelessly for something.” As a teacher, I...
Nov 2, 2022 | Adults, Burlington, By Location, By Stage, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Kernersville, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey Fall is the perfect season to contemplate ways we can make a positive impact in our state. It is the time of the year we might consider so many issues such as politics, the health of our families, and even the beauty the season...
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...
Oct 17, 2022 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parent & Child Groups / Support Groups
By Anonymous I struggled with working mommy angst for my oldest child’s first three years of life. The day I quit my job, I very literally jumped for joy walking through the parking lot. Never again was I going to miss a milestone in my daughter’s life. I...
Oct 14, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Location, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Exercise, Family Time, Greensboro, Health, High Point, Holidays, Just for Moms, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Photography, Recreation, Travel & Auto Tips, Vacations & Weekend Trips, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Rachel Hoeing In this week’s Friday Finds … Carolina Core Wellness and Core Coffee’s Grand Opening Santa Portraits with York’s Photography Disney Travel Planning with Rachel Guest Bloggers Wanted Family Fun Event!...
Oct 13, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller When I was newly pregnant with my first child, I went to an early prenatal appointment and was given a list of things to avoid during my pregnancy. Most of the list contained the expected items. Those were things like sushi and wine and...
Sep 27, 2022 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Bailey Eisenkirch We just celebrated my daughter’s second birthday! Say what?! How did that even happen? I have been her mom for two years! It seems like just yesterday she was just a tiny newborn who cried all night. Now she is a headstrong...
Sep 24, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Madison Skakle On March 15, 2020, when the world started locking down for COVID, I started Workout Friends, a fitness community on Facebook for moms of all athletic abilities. My intention was to keep the group live for just a few weeks until the YMCA...
Sep 19, 2022 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Suzy Fielders Being a mom brings a ton of responsibilities, when you add owning and running your own business, a.k.a being a mompreneur, on top of that then your to do list likely feels impossible to achieve. Before you get too overwhelmed take a...
Sep 18, 2022 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Annah Matthews We all have those days. Days where everything we do feels fruitless. Nothing stays clean for more than five minutes. The laundry pile only seems to get larger, never smaller. The to do list gets longer. The children are bored and refuse...
Sep 15, 2022 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd I always look forward to the change of seasons, especially as summer fades and we welcome the arrival of fall — my favorite. It is exhilarating to watch bright hues replace the green on trees. I love having a front seat view of a...
Sep 12, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Toward the end of August (a.k.a. solidly back to school season), I was shopping at Target with my 5-year-old daughter and was unhappy to see an abundance of Halloween items already out at the store. Halloween just so happens to be my...
Sep 10, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By TMoM Team Member Rachel Hoeing The 40-somethings. Some people call it “over the hill.” Some people call it “mid-life.” Know what I call this stage of life? Hard. Really freaking hard. And I’m not just talking about the fact that...
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....