OTMOM magazine is growing. Literally.

MARY JO HOTZLER

If you regularly pick up On the Minds of Moms magazine when you’re out running errands, you’ve probably already noticed something different about the way we look.

Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The magazine is bigger.

This fall marks the two-year anniversary of Forum Communications Company’s ownership of this publication. We assumed the reins from Sheri Kleinsasser Stockmoe and Dani Parkos Fluge, who created On the Minds of Moms in 2008.

During the ownership transition, I recall joking with Sheri about the magazine being like a child. Sheri and Dani gave it life, raised it, and got it through all of those early and important milestones. Then it got older and like all teenagers, it needed a little more attention — a different kind of attention, and Forum Communications was up for the challenge. Today, it feels like we’re sending this kid off to college: a full-size magazine that we are so very proud of, ready to take on the world — or at least our little part of the world.

With the change in size comes a few new and exciting things. We’ve freshened up the design, colors and logo. We’ll be adding even more local content, expanding into some new areas and topics that we hope moms will enjoy. We’ll still cover important parenting topics, but we’ll also cover more topics of relevance for the woman behind that “mom” title. I’m talking about topics like health, wellness — physical and mental, home and garden, and even business.

We know the moms who read this magazine are at different stages of their parenting journey and we plan to do more to reflect all of the stages of parenthood. Don’t worry, we’ll still throw in a few stories for dad, too.

We’re open to story ideas you have for us as well, so feel free to connect with me or with On the Minds of Moms Managing Editor Danielle Teigen. With this “relaunch,” we also hope to do even more online, at www.inforum.com (just scroll to the On the Minds of Moms section) and on social media. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Likewise, if you’re a local business and are interested in advertising, in sponsored content or in having your business highlighted, don’t hesitate to be in touch. We appreciate all of your support for this magazine and are excited for a brand new year and for all of the new things to come.

Mary Jo Hotzler is Forum Communications Company’s Chief Content Officer and the editor of On the Minds of Moms. She lives in Fargo with her husband Heath and twin boys.