Best. Holiday Card. Ever.
When you have run a group for 12 years, you tend to do it without thinking after a while. It’s truly motor memory and, oftentimes, I don’t even realize I …
The Great Mom Panic of Annapolis – aka Happy Holidays
For 12 years, I have watched as moms in and around Annapolis completely come undone as we try to make the holidays absolutely perfect. As the title would suggest, it’s …
Finding the Happiness Right Here
Birthdays are funny things. I just had one this past week, and it was nice to hear from my friends, colleagues, and family. The interesting thing is, I had this …
Quick & Dirty Letter From the Publisher
It turns out the average amount of time most people in the US spend reading an article is 15 seconds or about 35 words. In Annapolis Moms, we average about …
The Naked Truth: Overcoming Body Shame For My Own Health
Last week was a particularly terrifying week. I’m 52, and I grew up as a Gen Xer who never used sunscreen and hadn’t had a skin check yet. I was …
Keeping Connections in a Divisive Time
by Lisa Peri Recently I’ve been thinking of the phrase “Make new friends but keep the old.” It came up as I was making hundreds of calls, texts, DMs, and …
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
By Lisa Peri This morning when I woke up, it was cold! I turned on the heat, started a kettle, and made some hot cider. As I was doing all …
Words Give Things Power: When you say it out loud, you have to do it!
Sometimes, I can find myself talking through ideas over and over again and then I do…nothing. I find that most of the talk is to my family or close friends …
Sometimes Good Enough is Good
My daughter is having surgery today as you read this. She has been very sick and has been in and out of the ER and doctors’ offices more times than …
We need to stop looking for the helpers
Diana Love’s car after the Diaper Drive 2021. By Lisa Peri, MSW, Publisher Mr. Rogers is often quoted as saying that in scary times, his mother would say to him, …