Flying with Toddlers in 20 Easy Steps
(Do you detect my sarcasm? Fasten your seatbelts!)
Stay up until midnight making sure everything is packed.
Go to bed wearing your clothes for the next day. (Because face it you won't want...
It's November 1st, the morning after another chaotic but fun filled Halloween. It's cooler this morning, and the sky looks grayer. Winter is on the horizon. I put my old maternity sweater around my shoulders, slide on my furry...
There are facts about holiday shopping that feel inevitable:
Holiday Shopping is overwhelming.
Keeping track of who you need to buy for (and have already bought for) feels chaotic.
Keeping track of what’s wrapped is next to impossible.
Finally,...
When we first heard about Future for Football, I sent out a message to our Writing Team: Do we have football families on the team?
Jessica responded: We're sorta into football.
Niki responded: Jessica's family is the most football-ish family I've...
Halloween is the only holiday that claims ownership of an entire genre of movies.
But when horror movies are off the table, (Read: My nine-year-old has a full-blown phobia of zombies) what's a spooky mom to do? This list is...
Domestic Violence, also known as Intimate Partner Violence, is a serious public health problem in America.
It is estimated that in Rhode Island 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men are experiencing some form of domestic violence or...
It’s happened to most of us
A friend request from a high school or college friend you haven’t spoken to in a decade, radio silence for a week or so then it pops up: The message. You know the one;...
Have you ever thought about foster care? Have you wondered what it's like, or if you might make a good foster parent for a child in need?
There are over 1,100 licensed foster families in Rhode Island caring for over...
We met working for a non-profit going door to door. One of us moved on shortly after the summer ended, and then another that winter and then me that summer.
We moved out of state for a period of time,...
Just over three years ago, I was induced at 39 weeks for my first birth and baby. Halfway through my pregnancy, my doctors informed me that I would need to be induced. My son had been diagnosed with intrauterine...
Rhode Island Life
Family-Friendly Walks Throughout Rhode Island
Now that spring has officially arrived and warmer weather is (hopefully) on its way, it's the perfect time to get outside for a family...
