To my son…
Dear Son, The way you came up to me with $25.00 of your Christmas money in your hand, ready to give away… I wish you knew how proud I was of you. There…
Excited to be over at Mamapedia today!
I’m excited to be featured over at MAMAPEDIA VOICES today – a great site for moms! Stop over there to read my post, “Lessons from a 13-year-old’s bucket list”……
Creating quality time by ignoring the clock
*post originally published 2008 Last Saturday, when my daughter and I were out running errands, she climbed into the front of the car and with a huge smile on her…
Separation Anxiety – At Home and Out of Sight
Today for Mom-Monday, I wanted to share a great article by my friend Elizabeth Pantley, author of the No-Cry series of parenting books. For those of you who have kids…
You’re pretty
I was walking into the locker room at the gym the other day when a woman passed me and said, out of the blue, “You’re pretty.” I did sort of a…
For you, the single mom…
I’ve been really touched by the stories of a couple single moms in my life lately and I felt the need to run this post again (originally published in 2010). If…
When being a parent means… giving a gentle answer
Sometimes as moms, it can be hard to give a gentle answer, especially when we’re in the middle of challenging situations or arguments with our kids. It can be hard…
A Love That Shows
There’s a sweet older couple I used to see walking near our neighborhood. Sometimes I’d see them in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon. They walked slow, and close together. They…