Kendra
Aside from being a writer, Kendra is a Birth Trauma Doula at KarysMa Birth, where she helps moms find their joy after birth trauma. A former middle school English and theatre teacher, she has an insatiable love for learning and a flair for the dramatic. Among the best moments of her life, she counts marrying her husband Steve during a dream rainbow wedding, planning a princess picnic on the beach with her eight year old daughter Karys, giving birth to her one year old daughter Saryn in the middle of a blizzard, and sitting on stage with Glennon Doyle. A Navy brat for the first 13 years of her life, Kendra settled in Virginia for eighteen years before she was finally ready to move again, relocating to Portland in 2014. You can find her work on Portland Moms Blog, The La Leche League Blog, and The Not Your Average Mom Project, as well as the hard drive of her computer.
Do What Works Parenting: Discipline
This is part of our Do What Works (DWW) Parenting Series.
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Parenting is fraught with choices and few are more difficult than deciding how to...
Do What Works Parenting: Feeding Your Family
This is part of our Do What Works (DWW) Parenting Series.
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There are few topics in the parenting world more charged than feeding your...
Do What Works Parenting: Pregnancy and Birth
Parenting is flooded with acronyms; CIO, RIE, BLW, EBF, and on and on. I’ve been a mom for almost ten years now, and the only acronym that has worked for me consistently is DWW:...
Spring Cleaning, Portland Style
The last couple of weeks have given Portlanders hope that spring will in fact return, and the days of unpredictable gray skies, ice storms, and bone-chilling cold are almost over. The crocuses reach their...
Why I’m a Proud PTA Parent
There are few titles more maligned in mom circles than the “PTA mom.” Like “soccer mom,” the name is often said with a sneer. In the song, the “Harper Valley PTA” proves to be...
Motherhood Milestones No One Mentions
From the moment most of us find out our children are coming, we start tracking milestones. From how our fetus’s size compares to a piece of fruit to what to expect from our newly...
What TV Gets Wrong About Motherhood
The long rains and short days have set in, and I’ve settled in for winter hibernation. Well, I guess it’s not exactly hibernation, but I’m definitely spending more time inside than I do doing...
Particularly Portland: 10 Places for Rainy Day Play
In the heat of summer there's plenty of particularly Portland playgrounds to hit up, and it can be easy to forget we live in the Pacific Northwest. But fall means rain, reminding us that...
September Guide to Family-Friendly Fun in Portland
Summer’s almost over, and school is back in full swing this week and next all over Portland. But there’s still lots of family-friendly fun to be had in the metro area in September. Check...
Toys for Kids AND Moms: Play Fair PDX Review
If you’ve ever watched a group of kids gathered around a pile of birthday gifts, you know exactly how my kids’ faces looked when Play Fair PDX's Play Box arrived on our front porch....