Melissa Meyers, along with her best friend a.k.a. husband John and two kids worked in Central Asia for ten years with a Christian development organization. Native to Minnesota in 2014, they returned to the greater Rochester area, where she proclaimed to her children, Malcolm (now 11) and Emily (8) it was time to learn “all things Minnesotan.” She is a Neonatal Nurse at Mayo Clinic. Some of her adventures can be found at Thrive Connection, a magazine focusing on Global Women. As a family, building community, spending time at church, staying active, and screen-free times are top priorities. Reading, drinking more coffee than is probably good for her, bird-watching, and painting pictures of coffee cups are her hobbies.
The "clean your room" struggle is one that wears a mom down. Sometimes, I thought, it just isn't worth it. Let them bury themselves under all their stuff....
These 5 winter reads should ramp up your children's imaginations, get them excited about the cold and the snow, and help them appreciate central heating. ...
There is something extremely memorable about ice-skating outside. I am sharing the two best places we have skated as a family outside the Rochester area....
But...as Christmas approaches, and I think of yet another year of an ugly tree. I realize we do have a theme, and maybe the theme makes it beautiful....
I can only imagine what those in the midst of the events feel. These nightmare situations spur on thoughts about the world I am raising my children....
Saying goodbye to comfort friends forces me to confront the reality that we are crossing a threshold from childhood into the first steps of adulthood....