A road trip helped put toddler strategies to test

Traveling with a toddler - or any-age kiddo - may be challenging, but it's definitely doable. As summer approaches, it's time to think about possible vacation destinations and how you plan to arrive there, relaxed and with happy children in tow.

For this mom, time comes to decide on career path

Work full time or part time, have a career from home or be a stay-at-home mom? As a new mom, it's a big decision to make, and it's one each family has to agree on together. For me, my faith is helping me decide which of these paths to take.

Childhood lessons learned from mom now making sense

Being blessed with the title of "mom" brings forth a lifetime of joys along with endless responsibilities and many moments of concern.

Love grows for my husband turned father

When I married my husband six years ago, vows were exchanged, commitments were made, and I knew, without a doubt, I was in love.

My large family is great, but all those birthdays ...

Being part of a large family is reason enough to celebrate - and with up to four birthdays every month to mark, we are quite the party people.

Toys may go high-tech, but not child's wonder

As youngsters, we played with Cabbage Patch Kids and G.I. Joes, Etch a Sketches and dominoes. Today kids amuse themselves with iPods, smartphones and high-tech video games.

Germ season extra stressful with a tot

Winter is upon us, and while it's a beautiful time, it's a frosty season that seems to beckon cold germs, flu viruses and all sorts of nasty bugs. Being a first-time mom, I do worry - possibly a bit too much - about this increase of not-so-joyful germs going around right now.

Rewards are easy to find for toddler's sleepy mom

Editor's note: Meet Sarah McKeown, a Tucson native and part-time resource teacher who enjoys spending time with her husband, son and extended family here. She will write about them - and many other things - in occasional columns in the East Side Star.