Tara Limoco
A Sport for Everyone
What's better than getting up with the sun on a brisk Saturday morning and heading down to the soccer field to walk across the frost-encrusted grass, spread out your folding camp chair, and watch...
Difficult Conversations: Teaching Kids about Consent
I’ve had a couple of mommy freak out moments recently. One when my kid was touched by another kid in a way that was not OK with my kid and another instance where one...
Emergency Week Meal Plan
Ever have one of those weeks? Every night has two obligations—soccer practice and a parent-teacher conference one night, a work dinner and your daughter’s band concert the next, a committee meeting and a trip...
She Said, He Heard: Mom Edition
For much of my life, I was pretty confident in my communication skills. I would say words. Others would nod in understanding, maybe even say words in response that were logical and appropriate.
All of...
Let Us Give Thanks
Every year, the Christmas season seems to start earlier and earlier. This year, it seemed to me that the whole world skipped straight from Halloween to Christmas, with stores decking their halls and cranking...
Traveling With Your Kids: Why It’s Worth It {Series}
For way too long after we had kids, we were vacation-less. Unless you count staying a few days with the grandparents at their timeshare (an anti-vacation if there ever was one) or a long...
6 Homeschool Field Trips for Non-Homeschoolers
If you’ve lived in Cincinnati more than a minute, you probably know that it is a great place for families. We have an amazing zoo. The Museum Center has something for everyone. Our libraries...
Building a Better Breakfast
There are lots of opinions on nutrition and what makes a healthy meal. Trends and fad diets make me want to bang my head against a wall if I pay too much attention to...
5 Back to School Lessons from a Homeschool Failure
Don’t get me wrong. We had a whole lot of success in our first year of homeschooling. The kids learned a ton, delved deeply into subjects that interest them, figured out how to prioritize,...
Living the Hard Conversations
As I was tucking my twelve-year-old into bed tonight, he asked my plans for tomorrow since he and his siblings are going on a little road trip with Dad. I told him I was...