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Providence Moms Blog continues our featured series "Moms in the Arts" with today's feature on Hansy Better Barraza. Hansy's resume is impressive; she is the Co-Founder and a Principal at Studio Luz Architects and the Co-Founder of BR+A+CE: Building Research+Architecture+Community Exchange. In...

Dear Dog, I often wish you could speak English. If only to tell you that the FedEx man on our doorstep does not intend to murder me. Also, the biscuit from that nice lady at the bank window likely isn’t...

      “Bye, bye binkie, binkie bye-bye!” Elmo’s song came through the iPad. My daughter stayed locked in, but quietly shook her head at it. It was as if she was saying, “Elmo, I like you, we’ve gotten along great so...

Camping this summer... Me: Hey, did you get Bean's shoes? Husband: No, I'm taking pictures of this cool bug. Me: (visible eye roll complete with dramatic sigh) Husband: What have YOU done? (grinning sheepishly) Me: Oh you know: packed all the swim stuff, dressed...

After I had my first baby I described the experience as having a bomb go off that blew up my entire life as I knew it. And during that first year or two, it seemed like that was exactly what...

Summer 2022 To my third child, on your second birthday, In March 2020, when our corner of the world joined the increasing number of places shutting down due to the rapid community spread of Covid-19, I was six months pregnant with...

I can remember being bored in elementary school.  I’m relatively “book smart” and so academics have always been pretty easy for me.  In first grade, I’d get so bored during reading time that I’d dramatically lie with my face...

If you are a Disney-loving gal, let me tell you up front that you aren't going to like what you're about to read. If you didn't dislike me from the title alone, you will by the time you get...

“Little boys should never be sent to bed early. They always wake up a day older.” -Peter Pan There’s a really good chance I’m writing this after a glass (or two) of wine. The struggle to sit and write this...

I like to say that I’m 'not super organized.'  It sounds better than, 'I'm a whirlwind of disorder and chaos.'  I am a beautiful land-mermaid who paints with all the colors of the wind, but I cannot find my...