MFM Blog

This month, I’m officially over 40. I joined the club last year and had no misgivings around it, probably because my husband and I spent...

Thanks to my job, I get to hear a lot of stories. They are not all tales that would bring someone fame or land them on a bestseller list,...

I just did the math—we’ve interviewed 123 people about their lives since starting up in 2015. That’s a lot of stories! While most are...

Last month, I got to spend a few days with an empty house—no husband, no kids, and no dogs while my husband took the kids to Florida and...

Life is crazy with deadlines, to-dos, dependents, and deliverables. With our heads and hands bogged down in the trenches, we often lose...

The last month had some serious highs and lows, a good sampling of life in general. We suffered a huge loss in our family with the...

I have the pleasure of interviewing people about their life for a job. Trust me that I know that I am one lucky SOB. I get to ask people...

It’s a new year, which means a lot of us are making promises to give up something, get going on something, lose 10 pounds, or find inner...

“I honestly think in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent. If not, why are you writing? Why are you here?...This is our...

This past week I’ve been grappling with the age-old question: why do bad things happen to good people? Last week, my Aunt Pat Devine went...

I don't know about you, but I have had plenty of moments where I question myself--especially now owning a business. What makes me an...

I have two kids who resemble one another, but act like polar opposites most of the time. My son is sensitive and reserved while my...

My Aunt Alice has lived in the same condo in Oak Lawn for 35 years and over that time has collected a lot of stuff. She is moving out and...

If you asked me who would play my father in a movie, I would cast the late Edward Herrmann. My father is an earnest and reclusive man...

As summer approaches and Father’s Day is around the corner, I’ve been thinking a lot about why I started this company and why preserving...

Like most human relationships, the connection I have with my mother is a fluid one. We had our battles during my adolescence, mostly...

I recently celebrated my 23rd birthday, and weeks before the actual day, my mother called (for the third time that afternoon) to clarify...

On March 9, 2017, in a moment of complete insanity, our family decided to adopt two dogs. And when I say our family  I really mean me,...

It all started in my Tuesday night yoga class… Katy, the most popular instructor at The Chicago Athletic Club, asked me (us) to set an...

A lot of memories from my childhood are tied up with times around the dinner table. What was served—and what was not—tells a lot about a...