Seated at our kitchen table with my hands wrapped around my hot cinnamon tea, I heard my boys starting their day upstairs.  I knew my moments of quiet solitude would soon evaporate.  As they came down the stairs my younger son chirped his usual, ‘good morning!’  With my oldest, the tone was different. As he...

It is official.  My husband’s job title changed.  This means we move. Previously I have written about how the mindset you have about moving shapes the experience of it.  You can read that here: WAYS TO COPE WITH MOVING Here, I would like to get a little more specific.  In sharing the news with friends,...

As promised, I wanted to write a post about the age range of early teens and beyond to give readers options as their kids grow.  In the foreground, before you begin to discuss the broader contexts of the social sphere of a teenager, it is helpful to address the physical aspect of our children’s growing...

As a writer, it is often suggested that I ‘write what I know’.  However, in all fairness to the age ranges my boys have passed through or have yet to enter, I want to include some posts about these time-frames.  Today’s post will focus on the toddler years and then the next will be about...