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I couldn’t wait for my son to start talking. I would look at his sweet little baby face and imagine what his tiny voice would sound like. I would be brought to tears just thinking about him saying “mommy”...

Author’s Note: this is an opinion piece, full of personal observations and is by no means perfect or completely accurate. Any mistakes are mine alone. I used to describe myself, in religious terms, as a "nothing married to a Jew"....

Donauschwaben Oktoberfest September 30 – October 2 Donauschwaben Park 4290 Dry Ridge Road, Cincinnati, OH 45252 Friday 6pm-12am, Saturday 2pm-12am, Sunday 10am-8pm $3 admission Features continuous live German music and dance performers, wide selection of food and drink including over 25 German and domestic...

  Cincinnati Moms Blog & Pittsburg Moms Blog present the first annual #momrivals Football Photo Contest!  To enter, use the form below to submit a photo showing your support of your favorite team! Photos should showcase your Bengals or Steelers pride. Photos will then...

I wrote my first, and only, "Mom Health" post in February. My plan for this Mom Health series is to write a post once a month that not only highlights my own personal progress and setbacks, but things I learn...

I recently read a post from Kim over on Madison Moms Blog that really struck a cord with me. She wrote a letter to the Stay-at-Home-Mom from the Working Mom and another to the Working Mom from the Stay-at-Home-Mom and...

By day, my husband works for the federal government. By night, he is a high school lacrosse coach here in Cincinnati. By day, and by night, I am a stay at home mom. Which means sometimes, our big outing for the...

Last night, my six-year old was trying to fix a broken toy on our kitchen table. Dinner was over, and I was shoveling dishes into the sink. He’d requested a Phillips head screwdriver, removed the battery covering, and changed...

As a middle school teacher and mom in 2016, I see entitlement. We seem to live in an age of instant gratification and always needing the latest and greatest technology, clothes, toys, etc. Of course this is not just...

Fifteen years. A decade and a half. College. Odd jobs and a career. A marriage to a veteran. Two houses--one home. Three children. Two miscarriages. Two cats. Grocery trips. Endless nights nursing. Insurance. Dishes and laundry and books, oh my. Over...