Nervous Mom, Fearless 5-Year-Old Visit Manhattan November 11, 2024Shelby Little Nervous Mom, Fearless 5-Year-Old Visit Manhattan This trip came together in a herky-jerky fashion, if you ask me. We were fresh out of another COVID isolation (yeah, it’s still a...
Havana, Cuba: A Mother’s Reflections on a Sarah Cyr Writing Retreat March 29, 2024Shelby Little When my friend Sarah Cyr told a table of fellow writers at Jackson’s Corner Cafe that she planned to cohost an arts retreat in Havana, Cuba alongside a creative travel...
4 Ways to Stop Your Four-Year-Old's Tantrum May 02, 2023Shelby Little3 comments How to deal with your 4-year-old's tantrums Before I list 4 ways to stop your four-year-old’s tantrum, I’m going to acknowledge that I have struggled with motherhood: its rigidity, routines,...
Goodbye Tribute to a Nurse April 09, 2023Shelby Little We said farewell to my grandmother, Mamie, on Tuesday, which would have been her 97th birthday. Mamie told me her days working as a nurse were the best days of...