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Editor Lisa Rossi--like all journalists who celebrate the fact they have messy cars, messy desks and messy lives because they favor the task of chasing the story— has been having a hard time tearing herself away from the business of reporting news in order to pump milk. Overcoming fatigue and exhaustion is just one of the many sacrifices nursing mothers have to make when shunning manufactured formula. Here, our editor asks “Is it worth it?” Check out the story, and the about the transition to baby formula on Columbia Patch.

A year and a half after 11-year-old Ben Goldfogle died from a bone marrow transplant complication, his mother is helping other families in his memory. Participants pay a $20 registration fee to be a part of  the family-friendly fun run and 5K race, with proceeds going to the Blood and Marrow Transplant Fund. To learn more about Ben’s Run and what you can do to contribute to one mother’s quest, be sure to visit Colesville Patch.

Carroll County public schools is one of the top performing education systems in Maryland. So why are 1,261 students in the area still being home-schooled? Follow local editor Kym Byrnes as she finds out why the number of parents electing a home-based option has more than doubled in the past decade, on Westminster Patch. To the other side of the chalkboard, read the , exploring reasons why she still prefers to send her kids to school.


Laurel Moms Council member Amber McCann reviews the ups and downs of the school-age wardrobe as she shares her own experiences dressing (and re-dressing) her tween daughter, featured on Laurel Patch. Or visit the ?” MomsTalk forum that resulted from a letter in which a Howard High School asked parents to keep an eye on their kids’ clothes