Mornings with Moms

Jacob Wiegand

Friday, January 31, 2020

Scenes from a "Mornings with Moms" event, held through a local It Takes a Village group, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at STA in Cape Girardeau. Breeanna Pearl of Dongola, Illinois, who runs social media for the It Takes a Village group, said the group meets every Friday. “You can stay for two hours, you can stay for five minutes,” Pearl said. “We just talk about anything and everything that you want to talk about. Whether it be like if someone needs help like breast feeding or if you just want to talk about your everyday life, you know, like struggles at work or whatever you want to talk about.”

Lily Sutton, 2, of Benton, Missouri, (right in dress) and Henley Dollar, 2, of Cape Girardeau, play with Sutton's mother Emily Sutton of Benton during a "Mornings with Moms" event, held through a local It Takes a Village group, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at STA in Cape Girardeau. Breeanna Pearl of Dongola, Illinois, said she runs social media for the It Takes a Village group, said the group meets every Friday. "You can stay for two hours, you can stay for five minutes," Pearl said. "We just talk about anything and everything that you want to talk about. Whether it be like if someone needs help like breast feeding or if you just want to talk about your everyday life, you know, like struggles at work or whatever you want to talk about." (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Elyssa Glaus of Scott City, Missouri, and her daughter Magnolia Glaus, 7 months, (right pair) attend a "Mornings with Moms" event, held through a local It Takes a Village group, with Breeanna Pearl of Dongola, Illinois, and her son Drayden Pearl, 5 months, (left pair) Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at STA in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Breeanna Pearl of Dongola, Illinois, holds Henry Reeves, 7 months, of Cape Girardeau, near Lily Sutton, 2, of Benton, Missouri, and her mother Emily Sutton of Benton during a "Mornings with Moms" event, held through a local It Takes a Village group, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at STA in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Frankie Zepeda, 4 months, of Jackson (center) sits between the legs of Elyssa Glaus of Scott City, Missouri, as other children and mothers attend a "Mornings with Moms" event, held through a local It Takes a Village group, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at STA in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Lily Sutton, 2, of Benton, Missouri, (left on bench) and Henley Dollar, 2, of Cape Girardeau, play on the piano near their mothers Morgan Dollar of Cape Girardeau, left, and Emily Sutton of Benton, right, during a "Mornings with Moms" event, held through a local It Takes a Village group, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at STA in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)