MFM Blog

Food for Thought

Chalk it up to my love for food, but one of my favorite interview questions is about childhood family meals. There is so much nostalgia...

Love Letters

Last week, my kids and I visited my mom for her birthday with Sweet Mandy B's cupcakes in hand. After getting our collective sugar fix...

Great Uncles Tell Great Stories

Over the years my love for immersing myself in sports has gotten me into trouble at many family events. Especially during my teenage...

Look Harder

I had a few interviews with cancer survivors this week, which never fails to bring up all the emotions. Fear. Sadness. Hope. Acceptance....

The Supply Lists Look Different This Year

Can we bring back the 2019-20 school supply list, where the greatest debate was where to get reams of paper for cheap? While we're at it,...

The Stories We'll Tell

We're only halfway through 2020 and already this year will go in history. Some of us have lost loved ones to COVID-19. Others have lost...

Virtual Mothering

This current pandemic is testing the will and patience of everyone, my two children included. They’re not keen on homeschool, mainly...

A Blessing despite COVID

My dad has worn hearing aids for about 15 years and for most of that time he was wearing the strongest hearing aids possible. He tried...

Discovering Dad

During my childhood, it seemed that everyone knew my mom: my friends, the neighbors, my teammates, etc. She was the Girl Scout Cookie Mom...

Healthy Competition

We all have those moments when our confidence shakes a bit. We compare ourselves to others. We question our beliefs and ways of doing...

On Losing Sarge and Living Every Day

My Aunt Alice passed away shortly before Christmas. She was my mother’s oldest sister and sometimes referred to as the family historian...

The Stories Behind the Lens

The holidays are here, along with the pressure from all of our preconceived notions of what this time of year SHOULD look like....