I have reached a time in my life in which I am no longer motivated to find a babysitter for my boys. They certainly are old enough (13 &11) to fend for themselves which is part of it, but I haven’t had the greatest track record finding a good fit recently. What I would need...
I must admit, my heart dropped to my shoes as the realization dawned on me that my oldest son would be competing in the high jump. There were two major factors leading up to this thundering heart-drop. First of all, he had never attempted the high jump in all of his thirteen years, and secondly,...
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...
“If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks...
Being the lone female in my house, the fact Valentine’s Day comes and goes without much fanfare is a given. This date mattered much more to me in my younger days, but I have a house to run, articles to write and a life to live. This may not be the case for those of us...
I came across ‘The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning’ by Margaretta Magnusson as advertised by one of my favorite little bookstores. Of course the name caught my attention and being that I was in a cleaning mode, I gave it a try. The author is charming and straightforward. It was a quick read, some of which...
It’s a new year and a new you. More likely, if you are like me, new year and same me. However, this ‘same me’ is hoping to make a few positive changes over the course of the year. One area I would really love for my whole family to improve on is screen time. While...
As I shared in an earlier post, my oldest son has started middle school. You can read it here: Beyond Middle School It has been a learning experience for all of us. Now that he is safely into his second grading period, he is settling in nicely. He has mastered his school’s complicated rotating schedule...
During the summer, I wrote a post about how to support a friend through a difficult life challenge. You can read about what I learned about friendship as my friend, Kari, dealt with her son’s Type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis. Click here for how you can support a friend through a crisis: How to be a...
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