1+ week, 5+ day ago  (376+ words) Windows open, flowers blooming, temperatures warming. It must be spring! Which means I'm doing everything I can to get my family up and out of the house. That means soccer and track meets and fire pits and basketball in the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (514+ words) The other morning, I found myself doing what I always do. Packing lunches, making sure backpacks were ready, checking folders, reminding kids to grab what they needed. Everything was ready to go. My hair still wasn't done. I hadn't made…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (338+ words) A detailed vacation itinerary. A solid collection of road trip snacks. Nothing but beautiful weather, the open road, and a radio station that plays a mix of hits from yesterday and today." You don't have to do things the way…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (278+ words) Grief comes in so many forms, and I think it's especially true when we're grieving the animals that become part of our families. It can be the immediate grief of a goodbye and the final moments when we pet our…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago  (896+ words) Hey, Hey! Amanda here. Wife to KJ and proud mom to my 3 boys: Noah (14), Nash (4), and Banks (6 months). I'm a forever Carolina girl that moved to Knoxville in 2003 and have called it home ever since. When I'm not wrangling children…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (693+ words) Hello friends! I'm Kristi. I'm a lucky transplant to Tennessee, heralding from a small farming community in southeastern Idaho. We moved to the Knoxville area in 2022 looking for a new adventure, and we're not disappointed. I am a work from…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (279+ words) It was a random weekday afternoon. Nothing special. No celebration, no milestone, no reason at all. Just a normal drive home from school, already thinking about homework, dinner, and everything that still needed to get done before the day was…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1209+ words) I'm a former TV news producer turned stay-at-home mom to my daughter Madeline and son Bennett. While I may stay at home, Madeline, Bennett and I are always on the go exploring Knoxville and making new friends. I'm a coffee…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (302+ words) I am not sure when it happened. The change crept in so slowly and stealthily that I didn't even notice it at first. But I caught glimpses of it here and there." I would catch myself in the reflection of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (502+ words) I took the news fine. I had moments when anxiety and fear took over during that first week. But, despite not knowing the extent or prognosis, I was ridiculously calm. I never had a moment of, "Why me?" But instead…...