Erin Herman Eckert
Dos and Donts When Visiting A Newborn
Sometime in the spring of 2019, my husband and I will be welcoming baby number three into our family. It’s an exciting time for us, as well as for the plethora of family, friends,...
I Taught in Public Ed; This is Why I Chose Catholic School for My...
I did not grow up Catholic. For many years, I worked as a speech-pathologist in a classroom in a public school system in southwest Ohio. I support public schools, I believe in them, and...
I Tried Minimalism For a Year and This is How it Went
It was an idea that had been brewing for a while. Every time I look at my children’s cluttered bedrooms. Whenever I stuffed clean laundry into already overflowing drawers. Every time I walked into...
Learn, Grow, and Explore – Discovering 4-H in Cincinnati
Think 4-H is all about agriculture and farm animals? You are in for a BIG surprise! While 4-H clubs were first known as “corn clubs” for boys and “canning clubs” for girls, the program...
Cincinnati’s Best Cultural Experiences for Families
Culture Shock
When my daughter was about three, she suddenly asked me for chopsticks.
Being that she was adopted from Asia, I was delighted that she was finally showing some interest in her birth culture. I...
The Controversial “Disney During the School Year” Decision
I’ll admit it.
We take our kids out of school to go Disney. We've done it...GASP....MORE THAN ONCE. Of all the parenting decisions I have made, this one, for some reason, seems to promote the...
“Book It” to Panera Bread for Your Next Moms Night In
My "book club” just celebrated our ten year anniversary. I use the term “book club” very loosely because, technically speaking, we did stop reading books around nine years ago. We never stopped loving each...