Jessica Walter
I am a working mom who left the education world after 7 years to pursue my business career. I work as a product developer at a local insurance company and love it. My husband and sons are my world. We struggled for 3 years with fertility prior to adopting our first son. Later, we really wanted him to have a sibling so pursued IVF using donor embryos (because we firmly believe love makes a family) and were then blessed with our second son. When I’m not working or playing the wife/mom role, I love to run, read, bake, write, and tinker with photography. We all have a story to share and I hope some of my experiences will help others.
Lansing Mom’s Guide to Holland
Blue skies and sandy beaches extend for, what seems like, forever. A beach town just a few minutes away is filled with sun kissed faces shopping, dining on the sidewalk patios, and enjoying the...
Lansing Mom’s Guide to Pentwater
As you get off your exit, you drive around a scenic curve which feels like forever. Are you ever going to get there? Then you see it. Water that sparkles, a historic downtown with...
Navigating Friendships In Mom Life
When you are 16 and planning out your entire life with your bestie, your plans always include them. They will be your maid of honor at your wedding. You will call them first to...
Prioritizing Family Time
It's 9:30 pm, and you finally have a minute to sit on the couch and reflect on the day's chaos. Everything you did displays like a fast-forward reel of a million events. The morning...
Happy Star Wars Day! The Force is Strong with this Mama
Like many of you, I married a man who idolizes all things Star Wars. It wasn’t something I knew about him right away. I mean, he couldn’t scare me that soon. There was a...
Introducing Jessica Walter…a Lansing Mom
Hello, I’m Jessica, Contributing Writer for Lansing Mom!
I was born and raised in Lansing, and, minus the two-ish-year stint I moved to Novi and then Fowlerville, have lived here my whole life. I attended...
Transitioning to Preschool
My little guy turned three in June of 2021 and I was so pumped for him to start preschool. I think the ex-teacher in me was nostalgic for the new classroom materials and overall...
How to Handle Transitioning Your Family from One Kid to Two
I'll never forget the moment we knew we wanted to have another child. We were snuggling our four month old and talked about how much we loved him and really wanted him to have...
Food Trucks In + Around Lansing
I'll never forget my work bestie asking me if I wanted to join her for lunch. We do this Thursday thing where we eat at a new place each time we venture out. On...
Winter Activities In + Around Lansing
If you are like me, you likely felt we would be able to do all the fun things this winter with COVID in our rear view mirrors. Now that winter 2021 has has graced...