Could Your Husband be a Mentor?
We, as moms, do so much for others that sometimes we find it difficult to ask for help ourselves when we need it. I think…
How to Connect with Your Mom Over Time and Distance
How do you connect with your mom once you’re all grown up with a busy family of your own? (I’m still waiting to feel grown…
Celebrating Spiritual Birthdays
One of the biggest days for parents of young children is their child’s birthday! All over the country, moms go to great lengths to celebrate in…
Just Smile and Wave, Boys, Smile and Wave
In my 20s, I lived in Wiesbaden, Germany. I worked at the U.S. Air Force Wiesbaden Hospital. Bright one morning in the summer of 1986, helicopters hovered over the…
Eating Disorders and Body Image
In early childhood, I was a tad bit chubby. Some people pointed out that it was baby fat. Others felt they were doing me a…
Why Should I Forgive?
In his groundbreaking book “No Future without Forgiveness,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa details the sorrow that South Africans suffered under decades of apartheid….
Reducing Clutter
This past weekend, Dennis and I started cleaning our garage; actually, it’s a large storage shed. The garage was converted into a playroom equipped with a…
How to Raise a Boy to be a Man
While trading emails this week with a friend who has two teenage boys, she commented out of sheer frustration, “Would you take my 16-year-old and…
Sexting: A Hot Topic for Kids and Parents
Definition of sexting: the transmission of photographs of private body parts, people engaged in sexual acts, and graphic, tawdry sexual communication via cell phones and…
On Waiting
I do not like to wait. I don’t like to wait for things to happen, for relationships to be fixed, for problems to be solved,…