I remember being asked to be a MOPS Mentor. At the time, I didn’t know what that entailed, and truthfully, I wasn’t sure I wanted to find out. Still, I decided to watch some other mentors, see what they did, …
MOPS Black History Voices from Mothers of Color- Part 1
Black History Month is annual month long event in February that has been in place since 1976. The focus is to set aside time to observe significant accomplishments of African Americans in the USA. Here are a few collective voices …
A MOPS Membership Story
This Thanksgiving, we’re so grateful for all of the moms invited into community by moms like you! Check out Jessica’s Membership story and consider inviting the next mom you bump into to your next MOPS meeting. I was a fresh …
A MOPS Story: Dawn
Dawn almost gave up. No one knew the internal struggle she faced for years. The community and love that MOPS offered helped her through an eating disorder, a debilitating depression and an intent to self-harm. You can be the one to …
Those People
The nearly unthinkable happened last month: my 15-year-old went on his first date! We were out shopping for a new button-down dress shirt for his date when he said, “Mom! I have to look nice when you drop me off …
Motherhood Unites Us
One of our favorite things about our MOPS family is that each of us has a different story, and a different set of hopes, dreams and fears that help make us who we are. The best part is, here at …
On Telling the Stories We’re Too Afraid to Share (And How It Can Deepen Friendships- and Hope)
We met in church nursery – or at least that’s where we reconnected after a nearly two-decade hiatus. Eliza* and I had known each other as acquaintances in childhood, but when our family moved back to my hometown when I …
The Importance of Banter With Young Children
Banter, or informal and spontaneous chatting, gossiping, joking and storytelling, can be incredibly beneficial for young children. Researchers Betty Hart and Todd Risley found that daily exchanges between a parent and a child shape language and vocabulary development. Informal talking with children …
Messy Goodness
I am not the kind of mom who likes disorder. Seeing items scattered around the house instead of in their assigned space makes me break into a cold sweat. Frequent usages of my time include organizing the fridge, discarding clothes …
Kitchen Stories
“Mom, will you make the gravy?” The question came during a holiday gathering a few months ago at my daughter’s house, which included children, parents and two sets of grandparents, as well as my son-in-law’s parents, who were visiting from …