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A Birth-Tay Bash for a 7 Year Old Swiftie
For our daughter's past three birthdays, she has had her parties at our house with her dance team friends. She usually comes up with a...
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thehonestmama
- May 4
Take the Trip: Waco, Austin, and a Country Concert Festival
It all started with a Power Point. Yes, I literally made a full presentation and posted it to the internet to convince my husband how...
thehonestmama
- Feb 28
HyperLocals: Sharing My Story
In the fall of 2022, I was invited as a guest on the HyperLocals podcast. The people and stories that host Emily Harrington brings to...
thehonestmama
- Feb 26
Life Update
Well, it’s certainly been a minute since I showed up here and just shared about life. When I first started the blog and it was only a web...
thehonestmama
- Dec 23, 2022
A Magical Santa Experience
For the first time in our daughter’s six years of life, we finally decided to do a photo shoot with Santa this season. Though this may...
thehonestmama
- Dec 4, 2022
Tuscola Gift Guide: Unique Options That Support Small Local Businesses
Step right into real life Hallmark movie vibes in downtown Tuscola this holiday season!
thehonestmama
- Oct 14, 2022
Our Disney Experience
All the details of our trip including the things we loved and things we would do differently.
thehonestmama
- Sep 2, 2022
Ode to a Vasectomy
It all started with two pink lines. 26 and crying the happiest tears of my life at 4:00am in a hotel bathroom in Mexico. I romanticized...
thehonestmama
- Jul 22, 2022
I Spent Some Time in Tuscola This Summer: Here’s Why You Should Too
When I started this website back in 2016 with a newborn baby in tow, I didn’t have an expansive vision for what the future here would...
thehonestmama
- Jun 26, 2022
To the Best Person I Know
The world became a better place 37 years ago I don’t buy overpriced greeting cards for my husband, I just write long sappy love notes, so...
thehonestmama
- Feb 1, 2022
A Little Work & a Lot of Play
How we transformed an awkward open area at the bottom of our staircase into my dream home office and parallel play space for our daughter
thehonestmama
- Jan 24, 2022
A Year in the Making
I cannot emphasize enough how excited I have been to share our latest house project with you…
thehonestmama
- Dec 30, 2021
21 Things I’ve Learned in 2021
Another year has come and gone, and as I tapped through Instagram archives of 2021 stories, I was suddenly overwhelmed with gratitude…
thehonestmama
- Oct 13, 2021
Seeing Things More Clearly
We’ll both see the world a little differently now…
thehonestmama
- Sep 22, 2021
CU Around 2021
Support local businesses and get entered to win a $1,200 prize package!
thehonestmama
- Aug 5, 2021
To my best buddy Gizmo
From the moment I met you when you were just a tiny eight week old fluff and I was just a lost 18 year old, I knew we were meant to be...
thehonestmama
- Jul 24, 2021
Body Image: Learning to Accept Myself in All Forms
As I sit here struggling to formulate the perfect words for what feels to me like the most important subject I may ever cover, I have to...
thehonestmama
- May 28, 2021
Female Feature Friday: Nicole Gorman
It is no secret that I am passionate about women's empowerment and women in leadership positions. As women's history month ended in...
thehonestmama
- May 21, 2021
Female Feature Friday: Ellen Hook
It is no secret that I am passionate about women's empowerment and women in leadership positions. As women's history month ended in...
thehonestmama
- May 14, 2021
Female Feature Friday: Sophia Gallo
It is no secret that I am passionate about women's empowerment and women in leadership positions. As women's history month ended in...
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