There is a widely held perception that moms are superwomen who can do it all. For a single mother, the role becomes that much more imposing than the already-impossible image of what a mom should be. Whether it’s due to having children before marriage, without marriage or becoming single after divorce, the number of unmarried […]
There is a widely held perception that moms are superwomen who can do it all. For a single mother, the role becomes that much more imposing than the already-impossible image of what a mom should be. Whether it’s due to having children before marriage, without marriage or becoming single after divorce, the number of unmarried […]
Rascal the Bengal cat is a very good sport. The loyal sidekick to nearly 4-year-old Hannah Harris, he doesn’t mind being carried from room to room as Hannah plays around. Says Hannah’s mom, Aarika, the 10-year-old cat can jump in your arms on command and enjoys being worn around the neck. And Rascal doesn’t mind when […]
It all started with the Wicked soundtrack. During her long commutes to work 10 years ago, Erin Rothman sang along with the infamous Broadway cast while she was pregnant with her daughter, Anya. Anya wasn’t even 3 years old when her parents took her to the theater for the first time, and after hanging on […]
It’s just after 6am when 14-year-old Brianna Knight steps into a chicken coop in her backyard. Her hens are happy to see her, clucking and pecking as she works quietly, giving them food and fresh water and releasing them out into the yard for the day. This is just the beginning of Brianna’s duties as […]
As babies, Molly Bocock and Everett Chapman played together on the floor, babbling and cooing as their mothers lovingly watched. Today the girls, now high school sophomores, design jewelry together for their own line, Osita—and their mothers are still looking on. Bocock’s mother, Nora Brookfield, and Chapman’s mom, Shannon Worrell, are longtime friends and founders […]
Technically, 2-year-old Peanut belongs to Adam Hensley’s mom, Keri, but it’s Adam who has a special bond with the bird. Since the family found the sun conure on Craigslist last summer, the 15-year-old has taken it upon himself to help care for him. They get along so well that, “Whenever Adam comes home from school, […]
The best thing about summer? A quick (or not so quick) dip in the pool to cool off. Here are a few of the area’s best offerings, where the water’s cold and the splashes come free. Pools Smith Aquatic & Fitness Center 1000-A Cherry Ave., 970-3072 The biggest and baddest of public pools in the area, 27,000-square-foot Smith […]
A few years ago, Dave Berzonsky and Estela Knott, who run Blue Ridge Music Together, added a yurt to their backyard with dreams of opening a preschool. And they did—for a couple years while their girls, Luna and Mareana, were little, they used it as a homeschool cooperative. These days, the yurt has morphed into […]
You may have never seen the Morrison family before, but if you live in Belmont, you’ve likely heard them. The quartet—John, Emily and their two daughters, 12-year-old Eliza and 10-year-old Anne Marie—often sets up their family band on their front porch across from Belmont Park, which, as it turns out, is a great advertisement for […]
It’s late at night, and 17-year-old Saunder Boyle was supposed to be home three hours ago. But her parents aren’t worried. She isn’t out partying with friends; she’s making a movie. “My parents get the whole long-hour shooting days,” says Boyle, a rising senior at Tandem Friends School. “Things invariably go three hours late. I […]