Way back when…who knew it would be so long… Until we would meet again? Before we would paint that bedroom? That we would live in this house (20 years)?!? To develop a family? Until we would have a totally different 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 …
Answer: Drip. Drip. Drip. Question: What do marketers, parents and torturers all have in common? As marketers, you “drip campaign” the heck out of your clients… you let them see your logo, your message, your products and services over and Read More …
Sometimes, the stories we tell at dinner drive the kids to laughter. Sometimes it is confusion. Other times, down right teenage-angst. Go figure. It happens. When we were kids, we had to be careful. Dad would go on and on Read More …
We should keep talking about those “ancient things” that people tend to forget about. Just to keep the younger generation aware of them. Initially, it was the Ides of March that made me think of this, but that was some Read More …
What happens when your bad mood affects some one else? High school psychology class taught us not to displace our anger and not to take it out on anyone else, especially not waiting until the end of the day and Read More …
People do all sorts of things because of family…some crazy, some sacrificing, and others that are difficult to decide because you don’t know the right thing to do. They get married. They change jobs. They have kids. They take a Read More …
When you decide to have children, you pretty much need to accept that, for a long time anyway, it’s all about them. When they want to eat. When they want to sleep. When they want to do, well. Anything. When Read More …
On behalf of teenagers and college students everywhere, I am challenging you to start a creative conversation with them – as if you really care what they think – over the holidays. It’s the Trifecta of Holidays this year with Read More …
In our house we have two friends staying with us for the next 4 weeks – Peppermint and Candy, the Elf on the Shelf and his girlfriend have returned. I came home late last night after a long week of Read More …