Mother’s Day celebrates motherhood and the contribution of mothers to society. Did you know that the holiday is celebrated worldwide as an international day to honor moms? In addition, Mother’s Day is observed on the second Sunday in May in the United States every year. It is often marked …
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Leading Their Way Through the Pandemic as Mothers and Teachers: Teresa Pearl
No one needs a reminder of how COVID-19 disrupted nearly every facet of life, especially our educational infrastructure. Teachers and educators had some of the hardest jobs, charged with delivering a full education via virtual learning and pivoting completely almost overnight. In honor of Mother’s Day, we spoke with two …
Read More »Leading Their Way Through the Pandemic as Mothers and Teachers: Emma Auffarth
No one needs a reminder of how COVID-19 disrupted nearly every facet of life, especially our educational infrastructure. Teachers and educators had some of the hardest jobs, charged with delivering a full education via virtual learning and pivoting completely almost overnight. In honor of Mother’s Day, we spoke with …
Read More »Prepare a Homemade Mother’s Day Brunch at Home Get the recipes for pancakes, sticky buns and cocktails from Savory Experiments' Jessica Formicola
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Baltimore-based food blogger Jessica Formicola of Savory Experiments shares some easy recipes for an at-home Mother’s Day brunch. Formicola left her job as a psychotherapist to pursue her passions: family, food and travel. Jessica aims to make family meals taste restaurant quality using the …
Read More »A Rested Mom Is a Fulfilled Mom For Mother’s Day, quality sleep is the gift that keeps on giving
Meghan Mattingly is up again. On most nights, one or both of her boys wakes up several times. “They both were out of cribs really, really early,” she says. And it keeps getting worse, “because they started just jumping out.” Mattingly has to deal with her own sleep issues, too. …
Read More »Pretty in Pink (and White) How carnations became the official Mother’s Day flower
The week surrounding Mother’s Day is easily the busiest for Maryland florists such as Lord Baltimore Florist and Tracy Callahan, owner of Bethesda Florist in Bethesda, Maryland. He says that business booms because the holiday connects with anyone. “Everyone has a mom,” Callahan says. Mother’s Day is the most popular …
Read More »This Mother’s Day, Get Lost in a Book
This weekend, squeeze in some time to get lost in a book. Absent a family outing or day trip on Mother’s Day, reading is the best and easiest way to leave the confines of your home during a public health crisis. “So many of us right now have this ambient …
Read More »Weekend Family Fun: May 7-10
We didn’t meant to leave out the rest of the family, but Weekend Family Fun for May 7-10 is all about Mother’s Day. As it should be. OK, OK, we did give you a few other options for the rest of the week and we do include some links to …
Read More »How to Give Yourself a Manicure
In our world, Mother’s Day at home means four ways to pamper yourself. Here is our third suggestion for a fab day: an expertly applied manicure. Missing your gel or dip manicures while we’re social distancing? The silver lining is that going a few weeks or—gasp!—months without them will allow …
Read More »A Facial Mask! Remember Them?
In our world, Mother’s Day at home means four ways to pamper yourself. Here is our second suggestion: spa day with a facial mask. (Check back throughout the week for the other suggestions!) It’s been an emotional few months, and if the stress of the pandemic is starting to show …
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