It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas … Everywhere You Go
So often in our culture, it seems like we barely pass one holiday when the stores are already packing in the merchandise for the next….
An “Oh-Wow” Moment
You know how every now and then you hear a few words or phrases that are so simple, but so profound? Let me take you…
“Later, Honey.”
Okay, I just realized: when it comes to my kids, I have to seriously curtail my use of the word “later.” I’m quite sure that…
Life, Love, and Learning About Margins
I realized yesterday that I’m caught smack in the middle of every working mom’s biggest dilemma: How can you be there for your kids during an…
An Of-The-Moment Discussion With Your Daughters: Miss America’s Red Cup and Being Yourself
Today when your teen or pre-teen daughter gets home from school, she is probably going to be talking about Miss America’s red plastic cup. Which…
Intentional Parent/Teen Connections
The school supplies have been purchased, the new backpacks loaded, and the kids have been dropped off for their first day back to school. And…
Where’s a Hole I Can Crawl In and Die When I Need One?
Okay. Every working mom knows what it feels like to juggle the extra pressure of looking and sounding “together” professionally while frantically juggling 12 kid-and-family things…
A Mom’s Reflection on 8th Grade Graduation
How can it possibly be that time already??? I’m going to stop being a social researcher for a minute and just be an amazed mom….
A Day In the Life of a Summertime Mom …
Ah, summer. The kids have lots of play dates, the days are long and beautiful, vacations are on the calendar … and every mom with any…
Add the “D-Word” to the List of Four-Letter Words
My 11-year-old son chastised me the other day. A car was driving very erratically in front of us on the road, and I blurted out,…