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Every vacation has a maestro, a manager, a vacation mom. When everyone else is on vacation, mom or another caregiver sweats the small stuff, the big stuff, and all the stuff in between - so no one else has to. It’s...

When our children look at homelessness with empathy and compassion, they can see beyond the surface in people. Growing up poor on the south side of the city, I spent a lot of time thinking about the world and how...

Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Mom's Journey We at Milwaukee Mom are proud to share our platform today with Chris Otto, an honorary survivor for this year's Relay for Life of Hartford-Slinger. Chris learned that she had incurable stage IV breast cancer...

It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Tosa so it should come as no surprise that we’re big fans of TOSA Pool. It's also no secret that summer in Milwaukee is a time to get out and enjoy the...

It all began with a Curious George stuffed animal. It was given to my son for his first Christmas by a dear neighbor. It didn't take long for that monkey to become my son's emotional support stuffed animal. We...

I'm standing here again to pick up my son from school at the end of the day. Except I'm looking around from the outside, in. I'm here everyday, yet I know no one. I quietly watch all the other parents...

Dear Preemie Mom, I’m sorry. I know most people aren’t giving their sympathy when a new baby arrives, but I think you might want to hear it. I wish I could have heard some of these things following the very...

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The children are all tucked in bed, and I’ve been sitting on my bathroom floor for two hours and counting. Not trusting they were asleep for the night, but hopeful, I contemplated as the minutes passed... I could read. I could get...

I don’t know what comes next for me, but I can feel myself inching toward a precipice in my life. It's been years since I've felt on the brink of a major change. Back then, I decided to leave my...