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Meagan Howell

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Meagan Howell is a freelance writer and social worker who loves art, books, yoga, friends, music, being outside, and helping to build communities of all sorts. Meagan lives in Maryland with her husband and two children and writes about motherhood at Homemade Time.

Recent blog posts written by Meagan Howell

Education and Community

When our children are born, I think most of us feel compelled to hunker down with our partners, parents, and closest friends for a long spell of gazing at the baby. It’s like circling the wagons: creating a tight, safe circle in which our new one can stretch, yawn, and roll around to the delight [...]

February 6, 2012 Written by Community , Education , Family

Joyful Noises

I ran into my friend and neighbor yesterday, and she asked if I’d be interested in co-hosting a Christmas caroling party. You mean, I asked, like a real song-singing, cookie-eating, wassail-drinking holiday party? Red faces, children underfoot, and lots and lots of music? Yes, yes, and again, yes! There are far too few occasions when [...]

December 7, 2011 Written by Family

Attachment Parenting and Feminism

  When I was two days past my due date, I started to read baby books. A little late, I know, but I had timed my pregnancy to the very end of my graduate program and somehow my homework always took precedence. And when I did manage to reflect on the future, childbirth was far [...]

October 9, 2011 Written by Breastfeeding , Motherhood

Family Meal Planning

I wrote recently about my seasonally-inspired need to reflect upon, and normalize, some new rules in our family. With school well underway, our schedules have become less forgiving and the calendar is suddenly full of visits, classes, birthday parties and dentist appointments. Spontaneity feels like a fading summer memory. I’m not grieving though, because I’ve [...]

September 20, 2011 Written by Food

Raising a Reading Family

Reading aloud has got to be one of the very best parts of parenthood. Not only are you given the opportunity to re-acquaint yourself with and share the books that you loved as a child–the special ones that gently shaped and influenced you as you grew–but you can delve into new favorites with your children, [...]

September 14, 2011 Written by Education

Mamastay

The season of unrest around here kicked off with a rare earthquake, almost two weeks ago. Then there was Irene, and we lost power for five days. The first day of first grade fell in that window of darkness and ice runs, and then just after the lights came back on, an armed, convicted rapist [...]

September 5, 2011 Written by Health , Motherhood