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Almost every woman, and definitely every mom, often finds herself over-worked, over-exerted, and over-stressed at some point each week.  Whether it’s the stress of a job that you hate or the stress of playing taxi for your children, mom’s often have trouble allowing themselves to let go enough of stress.
In Ruth Klein’s new book The […]

This parenting thing is hard.  Some days I feel as if I am on the verge of having a good old fashioned melt down, just like my three-year-old does when we try to put shoes and socks on his precious, tender feet.  With three kids I feel like it can never be smooth sailing with […]

So. You all ready for the winter holidays? Hanukkah? Christmas? Kwanzaa?
If yes, then feel free to smile happily to your very organized self. If not, then read on.
There are several facets of holiday preparation, including (but not limited to)

Housecleaning/decoration
Gifts
Food
Traditions

If you’re hosting family and friends, having a clean and decorated place […]

Yesterday I had a telephone conversation with a friend who struggled with infertility for eight years. She and her first husband split-up after five or more years of trying. Part of their demise might have been the infertility, but there was more to it than that. She remarried and her current husband agreed to try […]

My daughter started her final year of public middle school this past week. After the first day, she came home and told me about her day. While she was excited about school, about the learning and the friends and such, she was bummed about the new principal. Apparently he’s a bit of a hard-ass. As […]

My son is now a practicing driver, having recently passed the written test for his learner’s permit. He’s behind the wheel of a vehicle, a hunk of moving metal (weighing about four thousand pounds) that is traveling rapidly amongst other heavy, and moving, metal objects, which are all maneuvering around immovable objects. Pretty scare stuff.
Except […]

We are on vacation with my family this week.  It’s been largely lovely, but we’ve had moments where we put both the "fun" and "diss" into dysfunctional.
My younger sister, in her late 30’s had a serious brain injury a number of years ago.  This has left her with some cognitive problems, and it causes a […]

We arrived at my brother’s house at midnight tonight, which in your time is actually last night. I often choose to drive in the wee hours if I’m solo parenting the kids for a trip. They fall asleep in the car and usually transfer pretty easily when we arrive at our destination, meaning there is […]

So your toddler is now over 18 months old, and you are quite ready to be done with diapers. You are ready to enter the brave new world of big-boy pants and frantic trips to the closest bathroom. But where do you begin?
The shelves of bookstores and libraries are filled with how-to manuals […]