Kelly Scarff is one blessed woman. She has four healthy children: Elizabeth, 21; Charles, 14; Caroline, 12; and Margaret, 8.She's blessed with a historical home that she loves to manage. And she's...

"The Most Important Work You Will Ever Do Will Be Within The Walls of Your Own Home." ~ Harold B. Lee This is a sign in Cathy Kambouroglos' living room. You may think that as a stay at home mom to...

Fifteen years ago Lynne Zanowski had life all figured out. She had just had her first baby. The maternity leave from her company had ended. Childcare for baby Ben was lined up and she was ready to...

It seems 23-year-old 's life has always revolved around children. First of all, she was raised in a large family - three sisters and one brother. Her fiancé Dwayne Dickerson's siblings are ...

How many times have you been tempted to tell your kids, "Just do as I say, not as I do?" We tell our kids to eat healthy foods, be kind and considerate, have respect... work hard, set goals, be or...

AS MOTHERS we all want to teach our children about what's important in life. Taking care of family, spending time with good friends, finding fulfilling work and doing the right thing.It's great to...

The old saying goes that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. And according to Mom of the Month, Sarah McBee, the journey to physical fitness and strength also begins that way....

As moms, we all want our kids to eat healthier and we do try. We really do try. But often our efforts look more like, "Ok, Johnny, just one glass of soda." Or, "Kids, you may have only one handful...

The image is classic. A very pregnant woman declares "It's time!" and chaos ensues. The husband drives at breakneck speed to the hospital's maternity ward. The laboring woman curses a blue streak ...

They say behind every jolly old elf, is an even jollier woman. Meet Mrs. Claus, the silent yet strong partner to Santa Claus, the celebrity known over the globe for his generosity on Christmas Day...

Walking into the log cabin that Shirley Harms shares with her husband, Ned, in Conestoga, one gets the feeling that good things are about to happen. Fun things. Unexpected things. Maybe it wa...

When asked what she likes to do for fun, Leslie Rice might tell you about the joy of spending a night on the living room floor in her sleeping bag. Or how exciting puppet theatre can be. Or how ...

"Why not?"   They are words to live by for Irene Aco-Cortes, a Lancaster resident and mother of three. Since arriving in the United States three years ago from a small Aztec community in ...

If Chris Duncan had more time in the day there is nothing she would add to her life. This mother of two and wife of 15 years is passionate about one thing, her family.    Chris and he...

It's an inevitable part of life that kids will grow up and take flight, as Traci Downey knows better than most. A mother of five, she has watched her first two children graduate from college and b...

"I have a degree in economics," Marc Eckert says. "But it should be in home economics." The Lancaster resident and father of two smiles as he delivers his joke. He's referring to his rather u...

Turning up the heat on what kids eat If your only exposure to chefs and their kitchens comes from "Top Chef," "Iron Chef" and the multitude of frenzied and furious restaurant shows on TV, you...

Adoption is just one of many ways to be a mom     Like so many young couples out there, Jodi Martin and her husband, Zachary, of East Earl, wanted a family. The problem was, it wasn't...