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…
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…
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…
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…
One of the joys of having adult children is getting to hang out with my kids and be friends. I’m still learning not to give…
The empty nest isn’t just an American phenomenon. Today I met with a group of empty nest friends in Nairobi, Kenya. As I shared some…
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,…
When we got married I looked forward to starting new traditions and continuing many from my childhood. Certain cookies, a particular style of stockings, and always…
Hospitality is not my strong suit, let me just be honest. But I’m always inspired when I’m going through my magazines and I see a nicely…
There is a proverb that says, “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” This year my plans did not happen as I’d…