Giving New Meaning to Parenting

Someone I was great friends with in high school but hadn’t seen for over 25 years recently moved a few miles away from me.  We’ve gotten a chance to reconnect and resume a friendship that was rooted in a small high school (there were 40 kids in my graduating class) and it’s been a really [...]

One of the toughest things for me as an adult has been to set boundaries.  Whether it’s preserving some sense of privacy  (Yes, I am finally allowed to take a bath without a parade of children coming through…) or setting boundaries and rules for the kids, or even with friends, deciding when something is a-okay [...]

I was all set to write about more of my efforts to improve respect and cooperation around the house when everything changed yesterday.
There’s a very special young lady at my church named Samantha who is nearly 20 years old. Sammie happens to have Down’s Syndrome, so among other things her speech is [...]

I  have to confess the first time I met a blogging friend in real life, I was a little worried about it.  Like many other bloggers have written, I wondered if the friend and I would connect in person as well as we did in on-line.  Sure enough we did.  In fact when I went [...]

I should have entitled this post Play Date Etiquette Advice for Parents of Older kids. My kids are almost 3 and 5.5. Next year my older son (OS) will be in kindergarten. Since he just missed the cutoff (Sept.2 and the cutoff is August 31) for this year, many of his friends [...]

For the last few weeks I’ve been sharing the multitude of changes happening in my personal life. From ending my undergraduate with a bang, impending graduation and of course, acceptance into teacher’s college. It’s been a wonderful, harrowing, exhilarating process. Now – for the real details. Time for a job.
Each of the last four years [...]

Saturday my older boys (age 10) and my younger boys (age 6) were playing with two neighbor boys (ages 7 and 9). After bouncing on the trampoline at the neighbor’s house, they all trooped over to our house to play here. Everyone was downstairs playing various games when the doorbell rang. It [...]

When my older son was three, he loved playing at his friend’s house, conveniently located just across the street.  Loved it so much that it was the focus of most of his waking thoughts.
Can we go to L.’s house today?
Why can’t we go to L.’s house today?
Look!  L.’s car is in the driveway!  That [...]

One girlfriend from back home, four flirtini’s and six full seasons of Sex and the City leave me thinking about life, love and friendships. Call it nostalgia or just call me crazy, but why does life always seem sweeter in memories?
Before I moved away for university, I had a full life. I had a little [...]

Happy Holidays! Anyone finding themselves bombarded with a “to do” list that just never ends? Raise your hand so I can see you.
Now that I’ve started a multi-national wave – let’s get down to the real business. The business of busy. And, more importantly, the consequences of that. For those that know me, this is [...]