At the heart of most disputes or disagreements is the lack of communication in setting expectations from the beginning. You don’t have to have detailed contract terms and lengthy agreements, but you should at the very least have a conversation. Read More …
Has it really been… Just 2 weeks since winter ended? So much fun to raise 3 kids? 30 years since BHS ended? Great seeing you? 25 years since college? Wonderful to have you visit, we MUST do it again sometime? Read More …
It is sad, but true that we – as parents – have a contradictory role in our children’s lives. We care for them. We cuddle them. We hold them. We ooh and aah over them. We dress them, feed them Read More …
When we all have a common goal, we are louder together. Whether we are supporting, cheering, laughing, playing or singing, it is the group that becomes one – creating something bigger than just one single person could be – even Read More …
It is so much fun to say “What is the over/under?” However, unfortunately, the real meaning of the phrase doesn’t always apply. If it isn’t a sports reference and there is no “book” established – are you actually saying the Read More …
How many times have you said this or heard this phrase: “but I don’t want to…” eat my vegetables do my homework get up in the morning go to bed early put on clothes (I’ll wear my pajamas instead) do Read More …
What do ballerinas know? I am certain that they know a lot, about being beautiful and about being graceful and even about being cute but… most of all – about shoes. The uncomfortable ones anyway. Ballerinas MUST know how uncomfortable Read More …
So many things that can be said after this phrase: Is this the way… To go home? To do this? To get there? The right thing to do? To make someone happy? To get to your dream? Simple questions; some Read More …
Tonight I was reminded of a telemarketer, or maybe it was a help desk guy who told me, “You can call me Brad Pitt.” Really? Don’t you think Brad, as in, William Bradley Pitt the actor, would have an issue Read More …
Sure, the song (Pocketful of Sunshine) comes to mind, but in the late winter, early spring, it’s actually the pockets of sunshine that light our way and both welcoming and needed. Small wins. Group consensus. Head nods. Dissension becomming forward Read More …