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 …
What do you do when things are not to your liking? The happy hour event you’d heard was such a great time, the wait for a table – even in your favorite lunch spot, watching an Oscar nominated movie or Read More …
Keep it in the back of your mind, always…it is okay to say yes. Say yes to dessert Say yes to unsolicited assistance Say yes to dinner with friends Say yes to breakfast with mom or dad (or both) Say Read More …
3 little words spoken that are music to my heart. I am home. I love you. We are family. It is Friday. My plane landed. I love us. We are together. Let us go. Celebrate the holiday. Love that song. Read More …
Just like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what is music to our ears is quite subjective. Pop music, is just that. POPular. Had a conversation today with my eldest teen and she definitely had a strong opinion Read More …
These oh so full days are so wonderful… From morning till night, the more you can do the better. Life is meant to be lived to the very fullest with every single minute and every single hour jam packed with Read More …
It really isn’t possible, at least with today’s technology to pull a Back to the Future, going back in time to see your parents as teenagers, or even as parents of you, as a teen. Instead, you get to do Read More …
It’s a common question to ask someone, at work, at an event, a wedding, a conference…”What’s happening with you?” Context matters. Your answer may vary. Projects are great. Clients are growing. I’m learning a lot. I’m happy what I’m doing Read More …
What we do with the time we have – how do we spend it? Someone really smart said TIME = LOVE and as we ease our way into February, I am focusing in on this, because LOVE is so important. Read More …
My kids nearly lost it tonight when we were driving home from visiting their grandmother and I said. “Hmmm. What should we do for dinner?” I knew that it will be too late to make the family-friendly – but, still Read More …