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Shelley Mann Hite

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Shelley Mann Hite is a freelance writer and editor working in Columbus, Ohio, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. Her writing has appeared in Huffington Post, Mamalode and Motherwell.


Latest Stories

We Found an Indoor Trampoline Our Whole Family Can’t Get Enough Of (and It’s Under $100!)
At the start of winter, things at our house were getting a little dire on the physical activity front.Our preschooler had a lot of energy to burn through and nowhere warm to do it. On the other end of the spectrum, our middle schooler would rarely leave her room on virtual school days, and my husband and I couldn’t break away from the kids or working from home in blocks long enough to fit in a workout. By the end of the day we were too exhausted to do anything but collapse on the couch.
Mar 10, 2021
This One Tiny Change Made My Daughter’s Pandemic Birthday Extra-Fun
Staring down a pandemic summer without a single playdate or vacation, our youngest started clinging to the one thing she could look forward to — her August birthday. She was so excited to turn 4, we had to start a countdown calendar a month and a half out, marking off each of the 48 days until the big day. So the pressure was on to think of a safe celebration that would live up to all that pent-up anticipation. Our parameters: no guests from outside the household, and no leaving home.
Feb 24, 2021